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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which luxury in Gauchin-l'Abbé do the men seem to enjoy most?
(a) The opportunity to bathe and shave.
(b) Eating good food.
(c) Eating at a table.
(d) Sleeping under a roof.

2. Was does Poterloo discover about his wife?
(a) She is dangerously ill.
(b) She is pregnant again.
(c) She is fraternizing with a German officer.
(d) She is dead.

3. Cpl. Bertrand is described as being which of the following?
(a) Insane.
(b) Courageous.
(c) Argumentative.
(d) Aloof.

4. What does Cocon calculate about the squad?
(a) How likely they are to survive.
(b) How many miles they marched.
(c) How much weight they carry in total.
(d) How many supplies they consumed since formation.

5. What do the soldiers compare two armies fighting to?
(a) Two blind beasts fighting.
(b) A raging fire.
(c) A single army committing mass suicide.
(d) A drowning wave.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 22, how many men from Bertrad's squad survive?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 16, why is Paradis worn out?

3. What does the arrival of the Moroccan Division mean to the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad?

4. Why does Cpl. Bertrand wake the narrator at 2 a.m.?

5. Why are the gentlemen of the depot jealous of Bourin the Parisian?

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