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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Colonel threaten Thomas' family?
(a) He says he will force Big Joe into an institution if Charlie does not enlist.
(b) He says he will raise their rent if Charlie keeps telling lies about the Colonel.
(c) He says he will kick them out of the cottage if Charlie does not enlist.
(d) He does not threaten the family because he's in love with Thomas' mother.

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

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

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

5. Where part of Thomas' body gets wounded?
(a) Arm.
(b) In the head.
(c) Groin.
(d) Leg.

6. What does the sergeant tell Charlie?
(a) Charlie is ordered to stay and cover the other soldier's retreat.
(b) Charlie is ordered to take out the left gun's emplacement.
(c) Charlie will be shot if he disobeys an order.
(d) Charlie is ordered to take Thomas for medical help.

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

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

9. Who goes over the edge with the sergeant?
(a) Everyone except Thomas.
(b) Everyone except Charlie and Thomas.
(c) About half of the men.
(d) No one.

10. On what day does Charlie say he was born?
(a) October 5.
(b) June 2.
(c) November 22.
(d) January 1.

11. What does Thomas see as he is making his way out of the hospital?
(a) Lots of dead, gassed soldiers.
(b) Many soldiers retching.
(c) Crying nurses.
(d) Lines of men waiting for medical care.

12. What makes Thomas feel terribly empty while he is on leave?
(a) He missed Charlie.
(b) He receives a letter that their mother has died.
(c) He learns his friend has died.
(d) He learns Anna is dead.

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

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

15. How does Thomas get partially buried in the dirt?
(a) By a shell explosion.
(b) A tank pushes dirt over him when it does not see him.
(c) A collapsing trench.
(d) He is partially buied under dead soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Thomas falls?

2. Once Thomas is back from leave, how far does the wave of advancing Germans get when the shelling stops?

3. What does Thomas wonder when they are first in the German's lines?

4. Why is Charlie sent home?

5. Who does Thomas go to see on leave?

(see the answer keys)

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