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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Overall, how do the men feel about the things they carry with them?
(a) They take great care in the selection and arrangement of carried items.
(b) They carry only what their officers force them to.
(c) They resent almost everything they have to carry.
(d) They don't seem to care at all.

2. The "Moroccan Division" is admired for what?
(a) They are ferocious fighters.
(b) They choose where they fight.
(c) They are popular in the media.
(d) They have a charismatic leader.

3. How are Volpatte and Fouillade's positions discovered?
(a) They send up a flare.
(b) The 204th stumbles across them.
(c) They use a signaling mirror.
(d) They sing loudly.

4. How do the men prevent their cleaned rifles from being stolen by lazy or dishonest soldiers?
(a) They keep watch in pairs.
(b) They disassemble the rifles.
(c) They sleep with their rifles under them.
(d) They put an identifying mark on them.

5. Cpl. Marchal serves with what military units?
(a) The Republican Guard engineering brigade.
(b) The Moroccan Division.
(c) The 154th rifles.
(d) The 5th and 6th battalions.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of establishment does Eudore's wife Mariette run?

4. At the end of Chapter 14, what does the narrator dream of?

5. Why don't the men want to get drunk the night before returning to the trenches?

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