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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Eudoxie?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A refugee.
(c) An actress.
(d) An officer's wife.

2. At the end of Chapter 14, what does the narrator dream of?
(a) The chickens in Gauchin-l'Abbé.
(b) The front.
(c) A great, unknown light.
(d) His hometown.

3. What does the German say about the religious services of both sides?
(a) They are pointless.
(b) They are both hypocritical.
(c) They are different.
(d) They are the same.

4. Why was the veteran executed just prior to the events of Chapter 10?
(a) He fled from the enemy.
(b) He killed a civilian.
(c) He was caught stealing from an officer.
(d) He was trying to avoid going back to the front.

5. Volpatte shares the first part of his story just after the squad finishes what type of duty?
(a) Creating a large dirt pallisade.
(b) Rebuilding a road.
(c) Patrolling a forested area.
(d) Digging a deep trench.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a structure does the squad occupy during the violent rainstorm in Chapter 11?

2. What is Labri?

3. Why does the old man who speaks to the soldiers leave angry?

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

5. What does Cocon calculate about the squad?

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