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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Guy associate himself with according to the Author's Preface and Prologue?
(a) With French speaking people.
(b) With German loving people.
(c) With outcasts.
(d) With German speaking people.

2. Who does Sajer notice survived the battle despite a wound and a broken arm in Part 2 Chapter 6?
(a) Morvan.
(b) Olensheim.
(c) Uterbeick.
(d) Hals.

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

4. What did Sajer's unit use to ferry supplies to the front line?
(a) Their backs.
(b) Russian carts.
(c) Donkey carts.
(d) German tanks.

5. How many men composed the assault Sajer's group in Part 2 Chapter 6?
(a) 10.
(b) 150.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

6. How does Sajer describe the weather on October 30 in the Prologue?
(a) Cloudy and warm.
(b) Cloudy and cold.
(c) Sunny and warm.
(d) Raining and cold.

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

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

9. What part of the Don River did the German army hold according to Sajer in Part 1 Chapter 2?
(a) The west bank.
(b) The north bank.
(c) The south bank.
(d) The east bank.

10. What was Guy Sajer's unit's purpose?
(a) It was a tank unit.
(b) It was an infantry unit.
(c) It was a repair unit.
(d) It was a transport unit.

11. Who was killed during the first firefight Sajer witnessed?
(a) A few Russian partisans.
(b) Sajer's best friend.
(c) A few civilians.
(d) A few German soldiers.

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

13. What Company was Sajer's group part of in Part 2 Chapter 6?
(a) 5 K 8.
(b) 4 T 7.
(c) 12 J 9.
(d) 3 J 9.

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

15. What did the icy road turn into during the German retreat from the Don river?
(a) Thick rivers of mud.
(b) Impassable rivers.
(c) Dry road.
(d) Grassland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader of the unit Guy Sajer was assigned to?

2. What did the German army do to forestall the Russian army according to Sajer?

3. What were the soldiers in Guy Sajer's unit ordered to do after boarding a train during their trip from Bialystok?

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

5. Which of Sajer's friends was part of his assault group in Part 2 Chapter 6?

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