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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator and the others hear the German voices after they leave the trench of salvation, what are they temped to do?
(a) Die or be taken prisoner.
(b) Despair completely.
(c) Attack and capture the Germans.
(d) Flee in all directions.

2. How is the refuge destroyed?
(a) It collapses without warning.
(b) The Germans set fire to it.
(c) The retreating French blow it up.
(d) By an artillery shell.

3. Why does Cpl. Bertrand wake the narrator at 2 a.m.?
(a) To help bury bodies.
(b) To search for a body.
(c) To talk with him.
(d) For guard duty.

4. How do the narrator and the others find Bertrand's body?
(a) In several pieces.
(b) Stretched out like a cross.
(c) Grotesquely bloated.
(d) Partially severed at the waist.

5. When the author says that each poilu "carries his crowd along," what does the "crowd" refer to?
(a) Lice, tics, and other bugs.
(b) Photographs of family and friends.
(c) Squadmates.
(d) Trophies, keepsakes, and knickknacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator meet with Cpl. Marchal?

2. What is Biquet's response to his mother's concern for him as expressed in her letter?

3. What does Bertrand say about prophecies?

4. While they are on leave, what does Volpatte remind the rest of the squad of?

5. The morning after the final bombardment, why is it impossible to tell the German and the French apart?

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