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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Guy Sajer's mother's country of origin?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

2. What weapon was Hals issued in Part 2 Chapter 6?
(a) A Panzerfaust.
(b) An MG-42.
(c) An MP40.
(d) A Mausser rifle.

3. What weapon was Sajer issued in Part 2 Chapter 6?
(a) A Mauser rifle.
(b) An MP40.
(c) An MG-32.
(d) A Panzerfaust.

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

5. What river is south of Voronezh according to Part 1 Chapter 2?
(a) The Rhone.
(b) The Don River.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The Dnieper.

6. What did Sajer do during the week and a half he spent in Berlin?
(a) Rested.
(b) Courted Paula.
(c) Read German literature.
(d) Trained.

7. Where did the German Army retreat to after leaving the Don River?
(a) Dantzig.
(b) Kharkov.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Kerti.

8. When was Guy Sajer born?
(a) January 13, 1927.
(b) January 13, 1923.
(c) January 13, 1925.
(d) January 13, 1924.

9. What did Sajer say of the training in Part 2 Chapter 5?
(a) It was easy to skip.
(b) It was exhausting.
(c) It was mainly hand to hand combat training.
(d) It was simple.

10. How many of the 60,000 soldiers that participated in the counter thrust Sajer mentions in Part 2 Chapter 6 were Hitlerjugend?
(a) Half of them.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 10,000.

11. Which of Sajer's friends was part of his assault group in Part 2 Chapter 6?
(a) Hals.
(b) Lensen.
(c) Morvan.
(d) Uterbeick.

12. What did Guy Sajer do in 1942?
(a) He fled to England.
(b) He joined the resistance.
(c) He married.
(d) Enrolled or was drafted in the German army.

13. Where did Sajer train with his new unit according to Part 2 Chapter 4?
(a) The area of Warsaw.
(b) The area of L'viv.
(c) The area of Bonn.
(d) The area of Akhtyrka.

14. What did Sajer find perplexing after frequently being under artillery fire?
(a) The sarcasm of combat veterans.
(b) Russian tactics.
(c) The military doctors humor.
(d) The German tactics.

15. What does Sajer say he didn't know in Part 2 Chapter 4?
(a) Who was bombing Germany.
(b) Who was Paula.
(c) Why he was drafted.
(d) How to fire a weapon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Sajer's assault group were still alive after the first day of battle in Part 2 Chapter 6?

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 unit's purpose?

4. What does Guy Sajer say of the additional training he received in his unit?

5. What does Guy say about the German language?

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