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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Thomas aim?
(a) He tries to make every bullet count.
(b) He aims over the heads of the German soldiers.
(c) He does not aim.
(d) He aims towards the greatest concentration of the enemy.

2. Who does Thomas notice in town recruiting for the war?
(a) The Colonel's son, who is a Captain.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) The Sergeant Major.

3. How old does the Army think Thomas is?
(a) 18.
(b) 22.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

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

5. What does the new company commander know about fighting a war?
(a) Less than the regulars know.
(b) A lot as he rose through the ranks.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Quite a bit.

6. For what do Charlie and Thomas volunteer?
(a) The Merchant Marines.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Navy.

7. Where is Thomas' company sent next?
(a) Back behind the front lines.
(b) To Italy.
(c) The Wipers.
(d) To Southern France.

8. What does Thomas say he plans to do?
(a) Never go to war.
(b) Take over Charlie's job at the farm after Charlie enlists.
(c) Beat up the Colonel.
(d) Lie about his age and enlist.

9. Why do the Germans begin to bombard their former trenches?
(a) To ruin the trenches.
(b) They do not bombard their former trenches.
(c) To drive the Allies back.
(d) To explode the abandoned ammunition.

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

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

12. What does Molly tell Charlie?
(a) She is moving.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) Her family forgives Charlie.
(d) She is marrying someone else.

13. What is Sergeant Hanely's nickname?
(a) Hopeless Hanley.
(b) Horrible Hanley.
(c) Hanley the Hick.
(d) Hard-hearted Hanley.

14. What does Thomas think at first as they fire at the oncoming Germans?
(a) The company cannot survive.
(b) The Germans are immortal.
(c) The Germans cannot survive such an onslaught.
(d) The Germans are stupid for running out in the open.

15. What caused most of the casualties?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Illness.
(c) Plane straffing.
(d) Mortar fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of soldiers do Charlie and Thomas see in France?

2. What does Thomas see as he is making his way out of the hospital?

3. How does Thomas manage to get accepted?

4. Where are Thomas, Charlie, and their local friends sent?

5. Who goes over the edge with the sergeant?

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