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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men think is the best way to augment their meager wages?
(a) By being friends with the quartermaster.
(b) By stealing.
(c) By bartering with other squads.
(d) By seeking promotions.

2. Where do the events of the first chapter take place?
(a) On the French-German border.
(b) In Greece.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In the Alps.

3. Chapter 7 begins with the squad waiting where as they prepare for redeployment?
(a) A motor pool.
(b) A railway platform.
(c) An aid station.
(d) A large camp.

4. What is Tirloir's nickname?
(a) The grumbler.
(b) Lock and stock.
(c) Brass tacks.
(d) Old boots.

5. Why do the other men try to coax Volpatte into sharing his story?
(a) They are curious about the brigade headquarters.
(b) They want to know what he's hiding.
(c) They know he should not hold his anger in.
(d) They are eager for any story from outside the trenches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about the 5th battalion?

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

3. When Chapter 2 opens, how long has the war been going on?

4. While on leave, the men see a poster in a store's window display which depicts which of the following?

5. What does the German demand of God?

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