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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Cardboard.
(d) Blankets.

2. How many trucks did Sajer's small detachment drive from Minsk to Kiev a few days after Christmas 1942?
(a) 25 trucks.
(b) 29 trucks.
(c) 20 trucks.
(d) 15 trucks.

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

4. How many Russian soldiers did Sajer note 28,000 Germans were able to successfully fight?
(a) 600,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 900,000.
(d) 100,000.

5. Who did Guy Sajer started training with in Chemnitz?
(a) The Tank Crop.
(b) The Luftwaffe.
(c) The German Navy.
(d) The Paratrooper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sajer learn when they arrived in Kharkov?

2. What was Guy Sajer's unit part of?

3. Where did the German Army retreat to after leaving the Don River?

4. What does Guy say about the German language?

5. What does Sajer say one soldier of his unit asked his parents to send him?

(see the answer key)

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