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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Cocon, each regiment includes how many non-combatants?
(a) 100 non-combatants.
(b) 20 non-combatants.
(c) 250 non-combatants.
(d) 50 non-combatants.

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

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

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

5. What do the narrator and Poterloo do with the three Germans they come across while on their way to Sauchez?
(a) They kill them on the spot.
(b) They take them prisoner.
(c) They let them bury their dead.
(d) They let them go.

6. Cocon is described as being which of the following?
(a) The squad's man of figures.
(b) The squad's lance corporal.
(c) A renaissance man.
(d) A stern sergeant.

7. What does Mariette give to Eudore before he leaves?
(a) A box of cigars.
(b) A picture of her.
(c) Ham, bread, and wine.
(d) A stack of letters for him.

8. Who is Eudoxie?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A refugee.
(c) An officer's wife.
(d) An actress.

9. Cpl. Marchal serves with what military units?
(a) The Republican Guard engineering brigade.
(b) The 154th rifles.
(c) The 5th and 6th battalions.
(d) The Moroccan Division.

10. The soldier being carried by the Territorial stretcher-bearers was killed doing what?
(a) Foraging for food.
(b) Returning to his unit.
(c) Looking for a souvenir German rifle.
(d) Trying to defect.

11. What type of establishment does Eudore's wife Mariette run?
(a) A café.
(b) A saloon.
(c) An inn.
(d) A small school.

12. Where does Volpatte overhear the gossip of the gentlemen at the depot?
(a) In an officer's social hall.
(b) From the kitchen, where he is helping.
(c) On the radio.
(d) At a tavern in town.

13. How does the narrator feel about the trench completed in Chapter 12?
(a) He thinks it is worthless.
(b) He thinks it was poorly designed.
(c) He knows it will be destroyed by artillery.
(d) He admires it's fine construction.

14. Why do the other men try to coax Volpatte into sharing his story?
(a) They want to know what he's hiding.
(b) They are curious about the brigade headquarters.
(c) They are eager for any story from outside the trenches.
(d) They know he should not hold his anger in.

15. What does the arrival of the Moroccan Division mean to the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad?
(a) An attack by the enemy is expected.
(b) They will be placed on leave.
(c) High command is unhappy with their part of the front.
(d) An offensive will soon begin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Volpatte and Fouillade lost?

2. Where do the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad hope to be sent for rest?

3. Why were the executed veteran's accomplices sentenced to life in prison and not executed?

4. The men of the squad agree that support services should be performed by which of the following groups?

5. According to Cocon, how many corps are present in the area of the railway depot?

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