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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the offensive, when does the squad come under fire?
(a) As soon as they descend the slope.
(b) When they cross the barbed-wire.
(c) When they enter the international trench.
(d) The instant they leave their trench.

2. Why don't the men want to get drunk the night before returning to the trenches?
(a) They need to be alert.
(b) Cpl. Bertrand is too strict.
(c) They don't want to be hungover.
(d) Drinking is forbidden in the ranks.

3. According to Cocon, each regiment includes how many non-combatants?
(a) 250 non-combatants.
(b) 100 non-combatants.
(c) 50 non-combatants.
(d) 20 non-combatants.

4. In Chapter 15, one squad in the regiment is rumored to have made a meal out of what?
(a) Crows.
(b) Labri.
(c) A stray cat.
(d) Rats.

5. The men of the squad agree that support services should be performed by which of the following groups?
(a) Veterans.
(b) The old and weak.
(c) Women.
(d) Young men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "Zouaves' Cells"?

2. Why do the men agree that being unluckily killed or luckily staying alive are not the same thing?

3. What other bloody battle does the narrator recall while escorting Joseph to safety?

4. Why are the gentlemen of the depot jealous of Bourin the Parisian?

5. Why do the gentlemen of the depot take care to avoid Volpatte?

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