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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Eudore's five friends not make it to their real destination?
(a) It is a war-zone.
(b) It turned into an army depot.
(c) It has been leveled by artillery.
(d) The road washed out.

2. Why does Labri refuse to eat?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He doesn't like the men's food.
(c) He is well fed.
(d) He doesn't like Fouillade.

3. Overall, the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad are best described in what way?
(a) They are simple, normal men.
(b) They are soft-spoken heroes.
(c) They are timid cowards.
(d) They are eccentric ruffians.

4. How do Volpatte and Fouillade capture the two German soldiers?
(a) They tell the Germans they are scouts for an entire battalion.
(b) They surprise the soldiers at night.
(c) The soldiers accidentally fall into their shell hole.
(d) The Germans came across the lines to surrender.

5. While watching the chickens, what dose Paradis see?
(a) The joy of a brief life.
(b) A bad omen.
(c) Something that reminds him of home.
(d) The pointlessness of struggle.

6. The "Moroccan Division" is admired for what?
(a) They have a charismatic leader.
(b) They are popular in the media.
(c) They choose where they fight.
(d) They are ferocious fighters.

7. About how many deaths are predicted in the first chapter?
(a) One million deaths.
(b) Thirty million deaths.
(c) Three million deaths.
(d) Ten million deaths.

8. Who bargains with the civilian woman for space to sleep and eat?
(a) Eudoxie.
(b) Lamuse.
(c) Fouillade.
(d) The narrator.

9. Why does the old man who speaks to the soldiers leave angry?
(a) The men find his philosophy amusing.
(b) The men disagree with him about the war.
(c) The men make fun of his advanced age.
(d) One of the men tries to cheat him.

10. In Chapter 3, how long do the soldiers have before they get sent back to the front?
(a) Five days.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Three months.
(d) One day.

11. How long was Volpatte on leave to recover from his injury?
(a) Two months.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) One month.

12. Why do the gentlemen of the depot take care to avoid Volpatte?
(a) He is an enlisted man.
(b) He is crude and vulgar.
(c) He is exceptionally rude to them.
(d) He is war-mucky.

13. Where is Fouillade from?
(a) Paris.
(b) Alsace Lorraine.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) Normandy.

14. The men of the squad agree that support services should be performed by which of the following groups?
(a) Veterans.
(b) Women.
(c) Young men.
(d) The old and weak.

15. What is unusual about the road that the narrator and Poterloo take to get to Souchez?
(a) It is slick with blood.
(b) It is burning in places.
(c) It is lined with corpses.
(d) It has been destroyed by artillery fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Volpatte and Fouillade help Sgt. Sacerdote?

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

3. When the narrator and the other encounter Eudoxie, what is Lamuse doing?

4. Cocon is described as being which of the following?

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

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