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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The soldier being carried by the Territorial stretcher-bearers was killed doing what?
(a) Trying to defect.
(b) Returning to his unit.
(c) Looking for a souvenir German rifle.
(d) Foraging for food.

3. What do the two Moroccans want from the men?
(a) Directions.
(b) Ammunition.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Food.

4. What do Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin do in order to find a way to cook the meat?
(a) They send Volpatte to complain to Cpl. Bertrand.
(b) Pépin tries to improvise.
(c) Poupardin leads them in foraging.
(d) Blaire tries to get help from another regiment.

5. When Chapter 2 opens, how long has the war been going on?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) 22 days.
(d) 15 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In general, what opinion do the soldiers have of the local women?

2. How is Joseph Mesnil injured?

3. Paradis insists that he and the narrator leave the farmhouse before what happens?

4. How does Lamuse react to seeing Eudoxie's body?

5. Where do the events of the first chapter take place?

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