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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the narrator returns to the squad's quarters after listening to the story of execution, what is Volpatte doing?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Telling anecdotes.
(c) Crying.
(d) Playing cards.

3. Why do the men agree that being unluckily killed or luckily staying alive are not the same thing?
(a) Death lasts a long time.
(b) Everyone died eventually.
(c) Staying alive feels better.
(d) One is more likely than the other.

4. How are Volpatte and Fouillade lost?
(a) They are separated during an attack.
(b) They are reassigned and then forgotten.
(c) They get drunk and wander off.
(d) They are captured, but manage to escape.

5. When Cpl. Marchal and the narrator meet, they discuss which of the following happening to their mutual friends?
(a) Promotion.
(b) Honorable discharge.
(c) Death by nerve gas.
(d) Death by bombardment.

6. According to Cocon, how many corps are present in the area of the railway depot?
(a) 39 corps.
(b) 4 corps.
(c) 12 corps.
(d) 104 corps.

7. Where do the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad hope to be sent for rest?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Italy.
(c) Paris.
(d) Spain.

8. 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.

9. What kind of a structure does the squad occupy during the violent rainstorm in Chapter 11?
(a) An old fortress.
(b) An abandoned estate.
(c) A lone tavern.
(d) A collapsing barn.

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

11. 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 lined with corpses.
(c) It has been destroyed by artillery fire.
(d) It is burning in places.

12. Why were the executed veteran's accomplices sentenced to life in prison and not executed?
(a) They had wealthy families.
(b) They had no criminal record.
(c) They gave themselves up peacefully.
(d) They were volunteers, not draftees.

13. Volpatte shares the first part of his story just after the squad finishes what type of duty?
(a) Patrolling a forested area.
(b) Creating a large dirt pallisade.
(c) Digging a deep trench.
(d) Rebuilding a road.

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

15. In their deployment after Gauchin-l'Abbé, what is unusual about all the buildings and equipment?
(a) They are painted flat black.
(b) They are modern.
(c) They are civilian-grade.
(d) They are camouflaged.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Volpatte on leave to recover from his injury?

2. Where is the squad dispatched at the end of Chapter 2?

3. According to the media, what is the state of the war?

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

5. The soldier being carried by the Territorial stretcher-bearers was killed doing what?

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