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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fouillade do during the rainstorm?
(a) He drinks alone.
(b) He showers in the rain.
(c) He reads a newspaper.
(d) He talks about his hometown.

2. What happens to some of the rats that eat the corpses on the battlefield?
(a) They die of poisoning.
(b) They are shot by the soldiers.
(c) They fight over corpses and kill each other.
(d) They are caught and eaten by hungry soldiers.

3. How does Lamuse find Eudoxie's corpse?
(a) He sees her body being carried on a stretcher.
(b) He finds her unburied, in a grave.
(c) Her body is exhumed by the digging.
(d) She is brought into a depot, dead.

4. Why are the gentlemen of the depot jealous of Bourin the Parisian?
(a) He has just been promoted.
(b) He received orders to deploy for combat.
(c) He is safe in the south.
(d) He is getting married soon.

5. What irritates the men the most about the shirkers?
(a) They have better wages.
(b) They wear their uniforms in the safety of the city.
(c) They brag of their exploits.
(d) They try to act like comrades to real soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "Territorials" are noted for what unusual quality?

2. Which luxury in Gauchin-l'Abbé do the men seem to enjoy most?

3. What do the men of the squad think of Volpatte?

4. How does Lamuse return to the trench after helping the sappers?

5. Who are the anonymous individuals who make speculations in the first chapter?

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