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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the soldiers complain about concerning their trip from Bialystok?
(a) The lack of food.
(b) The lack of planning and efficiency.
(c) The constant attacks.
(d) The lack of rest.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What training beside basic military training did Guy Sajer receive in his unit?

2. Who did Sajer meet on the train which would bring him to the east for his training in Part 2 Chapter 5?

3. What does Sajer say of Hals' physique?

4. What river is south of Voronezh according to Part 1 Chapter 2?

5. What did the icy road turn into during the German retreat from the Don river?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the soldiers disgusted by according to Sajer in Part 1- Russia?

2. What happened when the Poles tried to sell Sajer and his unit some eggs?

3. What food does Sajer say he and his unit were given before departing for Poland?

4. Who came to see Sajer during his leave and what did that person bring?

5. What unit did Sajer volunteer for and where did he receive training in Part 2 - The Gross Deutschland?

6. What was the first offensive Sajer participated in with his new unit?

7. Who did Sajer drive with during the German retreat from the Don River and what happened to that person?

8. How many soldiers were involved in the Belgorod offensive according to Sajer?

9. What happened to the weather as the Germans started to retreat from the Don River and what effect did it have on the landscape?

10. Why was Sajer proud of his uniform in the Author's Preface and Prologue?

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