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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator returns to the squad's quarters after listening to the story of execution, what is Volpatte doing?
(a) Telling anecdotes.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Crying.
(d) Playing cards.

2. "Trench Tourists" refers to which of the following?
(a) Rats.
(b) Soldiers on a short deployment.
(c) High command visiting the trenches.
(d) Journalists.

3. The men of the squad agree that support services should be performed by which of the following groups?
(a) Veterans.
(b) Young men.
(c) The old and weak.
(d) Women.

4. What does the arrival of the Moroccan Division mean to the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad?
(a) They will be placed on leave.
(b) An attack by the enemy is expected.
(c) High command is unhappy with their part of the front.
(d) An offensive will soon begin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the refuge destroyed?

2. What irritates the men the most about the shirkers?

3. How are Volpatte and Fouillade's positions discovered?

4. Why can Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin not cook their meat?

5. In Chapter 15, when the men run low on supplies, what does the narrator give to Paradis?

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