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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charlie say to Hanley?
(a) That Charlie will go and destroy some of the guns.
(b) That if they retreat now, they will be seen and shot.
(c) That pursuit is suicidal.
(d) That at nightfall they cannot see the holes in the earth.

2. Where does Thomas go after putting on his gas mask?
(a) The firestep.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The barbed wire fencing.
(d) The trenches.

3. What does Hanley order the men to do?
(a) Wait for nightfall and then retreat.
(b) Stay put.
(c) Continue pursuing the Germans.
(d) Retreat immediately.

4. Who pulls Thomas out?
(a) He digs himself out.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Two of the soldiers in the trench with him.
(d) Hanley.

5. Where are Thomas, Charlie, Hanley, and a dozen or so other men?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) In the first line of German trenches.
(c) In a concrete bunker in no-man's land.
(d) In one trench that is left on the front lines.

6. How do Charlie and Thomas sleep at their new assignment?
(a) Standing up.
(b) In barrels cut in half.
(c) In small bunkers.
(d) In foxholes.

7. What are Charlie and Thomas glad to leave behind?
(a) Hanley.
(b) A couple women who persistently try to seduce them.
(c) Kitchen duty.
(d) Two of their squad members who are mean.

8. Who does Charlie carry on his back to their lines?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Thomas.
(c) The wounded German.
(d) Hanley.

9. What is the worst thing for Charlie and Thomas where they are now?
(a) The rain.
(b) The continual loss of their trench mates.
(c) The constant sound of mortar fire.
(d) The sounds of soldiers dying.

10. What happens when a German comes out from behind a curtain?
(a) He starts shooting at the English.
(b) He falls to the ground and begs for his life.
(c) He raises his hands and surrenders.
(d) The German and the English stare at each other for a minute.

11. What does the German soldier tell Thomas when he aims a gun to Thomas' head?
(a) Pray.
(b) Run.
(c) You're dead.
(d) Sorry.

12. How does Thomas manage to get accepted?
(a) The Colonel intervenes on Thomas' behalf.
(b) They lie about his age.
(c) Thomas just sqeaks in over the age limit.
(d) The Sergeant Major turns a blind eye to Thomas' age.

13. How does Charlie feel about what Molly tells him?
(a) He is depressed.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He does not believe it.
(d) He is happy.

14. What happens in the next minute after the German soldier sees the English?
(a) The German runs shrieking to his comrades.
(b) The German throws a grenade.
(c) The English shoot the German.
(d) The English tackle the German and gag him.

15. What seems to be briefly forgotten right after Big Joe is found?
(a) Grandma Wolf.
(b) Old grudges.
(c) Big Joe's irritating behaviors.
(d) Bertha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the company huddle in their trenches for two straight days?

2. What does Thomas think at first as they fire at the oncoming Germans?

3. What did Thomas used to do at The Duke that he no longer does?

4. What does Thomas do at work that is different?

5. How does the Colonel threaten Thomas' family?

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