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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after the final bombardment, why is it impossible to tell the German and the French apart?
(a) They are covered in mud.
(b) Their uniforms are tattered.
(c) It is too dark.
(d) They are hopelessly mixed together.

2. How are Volpatte and Fouillade's positions discovered?
(a) They use a signaling mirror.
(b) They sing loudly.
(c) They send up a flare.
(d) The 204th stumbles across them.

3. What does the author call the useless things that the men carry with them?
(a) Their "souvenirs."
(b) Their "treasures."
(c) Their "burdens."
(d) Their "crutches."

4. The newspaper story says that which of the following was turned up when a civilian's yard was bombed?
(a) German spies.
(b) An illegal wine cellar.
(c) An old graveyard.
(d) A treasure chest.

5. According to Volpatte, how many shirkers are there in the depots?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Millions.
(d) More than there are men on the front.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the squad's duty at night?

2. What was the purpose of the patrol that Lamuse, Barque, Biquet, and Eudore died on?

3. What is Lamuse's opinion of aircraft?

4. According to Cocon, each regiment includes how many non-combatants?

5. What is unusual about the road that the narrator and Poterloo take to get to Souchez?

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