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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. For what do Charlie and Thomas volunteer?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Merchant Marines.
(d) The Marines.
2. Where is the company ordered on the third day?
(a) To fall back to a new line of trenches.
(b) To stay in the trenches.
(c) On the firesteps.
(d) To move forward to meet the Germans.
3. What did Thomas used to do at The Duke that he no longer does?
(a) Play darts.
(b) Dance with Molly.
(c) Flirt with the barmaid.
(d) Have drinks with Charlie.
4. What does Thomas try not to do concerning Charlie or Molly?
(a) Daydream about Charlie dying and Thomas marrying Molly.
(b) Be alone with either of them.
(c) Be jealous.
(d) Wish they would move away.
5. 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.
6. Where part of Thomas' body gets wounded?
(a) Arm.
(b) Leg.
(c) In the head.
(d) Groin.
7. How do Charlie and Thomas sleep at their new assignment?
(a) Standing up.
(b) In small bunkers.
(c) In barrels cut in half.
(d) In foxholes.
8. What does Hanley tell his men?
(a) They have disgraced their unit.
(b) They are all cowards.
(c) They performed admirably.
(d) They now have practice with dealing with gas.
9. Where are Thomas, Charlie, Hanley, and a dozen or so other men?
(a) In the first line of German trenches.
(b) In a concrete bunker in no-man's land.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In one trench that is left on the front lines.
10. What does everyone share in common?
(a) Being cold.
(b) The fear of letting down their buddies.
(c) The terrible heat.
(d) The lack of food.
11. How old does the Army think Thomas is?
(a) 18.
(b) 22.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.
12. What is Thomas told back at the hospital?
(a) His lungs are slightly compromised.
(b) His lungs will take a few weeks to totally recover.
(c) He is healthy.
(d) He must go home because his lungs are too injured.
13. Why can't Thomas go anywhere?
(a) He is blind.
(b) His leg is broken.
(c) He is wounded too badly.
(d) They are surrounded by the enemy.
14. What do Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of the trainees think of the war during boot camp?
(a) As a necessary evil.
(b) As glorious.
(c) As immoral.
(d) As a distant thing.
15. Who does Thomas go to see on leave?
(a) Anna.
(b) No one.
(c) Charlie.
(d) His friend who is still recovering from wounds.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the new company commander know about fighting a war?
2. What does Thomas do at work that is different?
3. How does the Colonel threaten Thomas' family?
4. Where are Thomas, Charlie, and their local friends sent?
5. What happens when the Germans reach the barbed wire?
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