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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What biblical location does the narrator allude to as he carries Joseph to safety?
(a) Gethsemane.
(b) Golgotha.
(c) Calvary.
(d) Gehenna.

2. What does Volpatte say about the four great rivers of France?
(a) They cannot wash the battlefields clean.
(b) They will all run red with blood.
(c) They would be choked by the wounded men who are dying.
(d) Only they could cleanse the depots.

3. When the author says that each poilu "carries his crowd along," what does the "crowd" refer to?
(a) Squadmates.
(b) Trophies, keepsakes, and knickknacks.
(c) Lice, tics, and other bugs.
(d) Photographs of family and friends.

4. Why does Tulacque believe that those who drive the artillery pieces to Verdun are not truly in the war?
(a) There is no activity in Verdun.
(b) They are only exposed to danger once.
(c) They are not armed.
(d) They are civilians.

5. What do the men of the squad think of Volpatte?
(a) They resent his status.
(b) They all look up to him.
(c) They think he is crazy.
(d) They are jealous of his charmed life.

Short Answer Questions

1. The men of the squad agree that support services should be performed by which of the following groups?

2. How does Pépin die?

3. Chapter 7 begins with the squad waiting where as they prepare for redeployment?

4. What do the men think of all of the things that the army issues them?

5. What do the men concede with regards to the "shirkers"?

(see the answer key)

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