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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of building was Sajer's training camp at?
(a) A French farm.
(b) A Polish castle.
(c) A Ukrainian castle.
(d) A Romanian manor.

2. Where were Sajer and his unit sent after ending the training according to Part 2 Chapter 6?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) The Dnieper.
(c) Belgorod.
(d) Prague.

3. What was Guy Sajer's unit part of?
(a) The 19th Rollbahn.
(b) The 9th Rollbahn.
(c) The 29th Rollbahn.
(d) The 19th Deutschland.

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

5. What was Guy Sajer's real name?
(a) Guy Dra.
(b) Guy Hals.
(c) Guy Mouminoux.
(d) Guy Mouteux.

6. 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) Cardboard.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Bodies.
(d) The door.

7. What does Sajer say fell constantly in Part 1 Chapter 2?
(a) Artillery shells.
(b) Rain.
(c) Planes.
(d) Snow.

8. Who won the knife fight Sajer mentioned happening during the German counter-thrust in Part 2 Chapter 6?
(a) Both died.
(b) The German.
(c) The Russian.
(d) A partisan.

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

10. What did Sajer learn when they arrived in Kharkov?
(a) His father died.
(b) Stalingrad had fallen.
(c) Moscow had fallen.
(d) The Allies landed in France.

11. What other recruits did Guy Sajer befriend according to the Author's Preface and Prologue?
(a) Lindberg and Hals.
(b) Olensheim, Lindberg, and Hals.
(c) Bruno Lensen, Fahrstein, Olensheim, Lindberg, and Hals.
(d) Bruno Lensen and Fahrstein.

12. When did Sajer and Hals reach Berlin according to Part 2 Chapter 4?
(a) Mid-June 1943.
(b) August 1944.
(c) September 1942.
(d) March 1943.

13. When did Guy Sajer arrive in Chemnitz?
(a) June 18, 1942.
(b) July 18, 1943.
(c) July 16, 1942.
(d) July 18, 1942.

14. What does Sajer say of Hals' physique?
(a) He was enormous.
(b) He was slender.
(c) He was athletic.
(d) He was short.

15. What does Sajer say one soldier of his unit asked his parents to send him?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Guy Sajer go after leaving Chemnitz prior to his arrival in Bialystok?

2. What city did Sajer watch being bombed from a distance while on a date?

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

4. Why were Sajer, Lensen, and Hals reprimanded by Laus?

5. What was the entrance to the bomb shelter Sajer tried to enter during a bombing in Berlin blocked by?

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