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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Guy say about the German language?
(a) He had trouble speaking it fluently.
(b) He didn't understand it.
(c) He liked it.
(d) He wasn't able to learn it.

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

10. What did Sajer's unit do in Minsk through Christmas?
(a) Guarded supply depots.
(b) Rested.
(c) Repaired tanks.
(d) Prepared defensive positions.

11. How many letters did Sajer send Paula during the 6 months following their meeting?
(a) 2 per week.
(b) 2 per month.
(c) 3 per week.
(d) 5 per week.

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

13. Who managed to stay with Sajer in the same detail?
(a) Nobody.
(b) Hals and Lensen.
(c) His brother, Louis.
(d) His commanding officer.

14. 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.

15. Who did Sajer decide to visit before returning to Alsace?
(a) Ernst Neubach's parents.
(b) His sister.
(c) His friend, Max.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What Company was Sajer's group part of in Part 2 Chapter 6?

3. What did the German soldiers do with the Russian wounded?

4. Why was the travel back to Germany delayed according to Part 2 Chapter 4?

5. Who does Sajer notice survived the battle despite a wound and a broken arm in Part 2 Chapter 6?

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