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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Sajer's unit ordered to proceed after a one day rest at Kharkov?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Prague.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Voronezh.

2. Where was Guy Sajer born?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Bern.
(c) Paris.
(d) Lyon.

3. What does Sajer see some men do during the first two weeks on the front line?
(a) Asked for leave.
(b) Deserted.
(c) Surrendered to the Russians.
(d) Went insane.

4. Where was Guy Sajer living in 1943?
(a) Wissembourg.
(b) Strasbourg.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

5. Who did Sajer meet on the train which would bring him to the east for his training in Part 2 Chapter 5?
(a) Lensen and Hals.
(b) Hals and Westerben.
(c) Olheinten.
(d) Werseiter.

6. What does Sajer say happened to a man who refused to train in Part 2 Chapter 5?
(a) He was publicly executed.
(b) He was sent home.
(c) He was sent to the eastern front.
(d) He was imprisoned.

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

8. How many Russian soldiers did the 60,000 strong German counter-thrust in Part 2 Chapter 6 face?
(a) 800,000 to 900,000.
(b) 400,000 to 600,000.
(c) 100,000 to 200,000.
(d) 700,000 to 800,000.

9. How many days of supplies were issued to Sajer and his group before Sajer left the training camp?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 2 days.

10. How did the operation Sajer described in Part 2 Chapter 6 last?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 30 days.
(d) 5 days.

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

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

13. What does Sajer say soldiers were suffering from in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) The heat.
(b) The cold.
(c) The lack of food.
(d) The lack of ammunition.

14. Who was Sajer's unit trained by according to Part 2 Chapter 5?
(a) Captain Fink.
(b) Captain Herman.
(c) Captain Klink.
(d) Captain Reichten.

15. 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) 18,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 5,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Sajer decide to visit before returning to Alsace?

3. 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?

4. What happened to the Russian prisoners after the counter-thrust in Part 2 Chapter 6?

5. What did Sajer feel about the older driver he was with in the convoy?

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