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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, the squad learns that they are headed where?
(a) To the front lines.
(b) To Verdun.
(c) To Paris for leave.
(d) To the south.

2. Why is Pépère envied by the other men?
(a) He is being sent to the rear as a typist.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He was awarded a medal.
(d) He recently became a father.

3. What hazard do the men face even after they reach the relative safety of the heights?
(a) Artillery.
(b) Barrage fire.
(c) Snipers.
(d) Machine gun fire.

4. Who is sent with the narrator to find the missing Volpatte and Fouillade?
(a) Farfadet.
(b) Barque.
(c) Bertrand.
(d) Marchal.

5. Which of the following was considered an aggravating circumstance in the veteran's case?
(a) He was a decorated war hero.
(b) He once assaulted a police officer.
(c) He was once arrested for drunkenness as a civilian.
(d) He served in the foreign legion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Eudore's five friends not make it to their real destination?

2. Near the last stretch of his journey to bring the wounded Joseph to safety, the narrator encounters a wounded man that he compares to which of the following?

3. What does Fouillade do during the rainstorm?

4. What do the two Moroccans want from the men?

5. When the author says that each poilu "carries his crowd along," what does the "crowd" refer to?

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