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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The characters introduced in Chapter 2 are part of what type of squad?
(a) A front-line squad.
(b) A medical squad.
(c) A reserve squad.
(d) An engineering squad.

2. What does the author call the useless things that the men carry with them?
(a) Their "souvenirs."
(b) Their "burdens."
(c) Their "treasures."
(d) Their "crutches."

3. Why does Labri refuse to eat?
(a) He doesn't like Fouillade.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He doesn't like the men's food.
(d) He is well fed.

4. Where is the squad dispatched at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) To the Ardennes.
(b) To Egypt.
(c) To the front.
(d) To the reserves area.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the other men try to coax Volpatte into sharing his story?

2. What do Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin do in order to find a way to cook the meat?

3. When Chapter 12 begins, how long has the squad been digging trenches?

4. In Chapter 11, a general schedules a curfew for what period of time everyday?

5. When the narrator and the other encounter Eudoxie, what is Lamuse doing?

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