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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One - Russia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Guy Sajer train in Chemnitz?
(a) 24 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 2 months.

2. What does Guy Sajer say of the additional training he received in his unit?
(a) It was sufficient.
(b) It was insufficient.
(c) It was adequate.
(d) It was long.

3. What did Sajer drive during the German Army retreat from the Don River?
(a) A truck full of food.
(b) A truck full of ammunition.
(c) A tank.
(d) A truck full of wounded.

4. What type of bridge did Sajer say he crossed for the last time at the end of the Prologue?
(a) A stone bridge.
(b) A railroad bridge.
(c) A steel bridge.
(d) A wood bridge.

5. What did the occupants of the train Sajer saw heading west in Part 1 Chapter 1 use to deflect the wind from their train car?
(a) Bodies.
(b) The door.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Cardboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Guy Sajer transfer to the infantry with?

2. How many trucks did Sajer's small detachment drive from Minsk to Kiev a few days after Christmas 1942?

3. What was Guy Sajer's real name?

4. What did the German soldiers do with the Russian wounded?

5. What did Guy Sajer do in 1942?

(see the answer key)

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