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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the men, what is the attitude of the army towards plundering civilians?
(a) The army is ignoring them.
(b) The army is unaware of them.
(c) The army is cracking down on them.
(d) The army is willing to purchase supplies from them.

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

3. Who are the anonymous individuals who make speculations in the first chapter?
(a) Generals.
(b) Inmates in a prison.
(c) The ghosts of dead soldiers.
(d) Invalids in a sanatorium.

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

5. Who is sent with the narrator to find the missing Volpatte and Fouillade?
(a) Bertrand.
(b) Barque.
(c) Marchal.
(d) Farfadet.

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

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

8. Cpl. Marchal has what relationship to the narrator?
(a) He is the narrator's commanding officer.
(b) He serves under the narrator.
(c) He is an old friend of the narrator's.
(d) He saved the narrator's life.

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

10. Which of the following was considered an aggravating circumstance in the veteran's case?
(a) He served in the foreign legion.
(b) He once assaulted a police officer.
(c) He was a decorated war hero.
(d) He was once arrested for drunkenness as a civilian.

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

12. Where do the events of the first chapter take place?
(a) In Greece.
(b) On the French-German border.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In the Alps.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Overall, the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad are best described in what way?

2. What does the newspaper claim about the state of affairs for the poilu?

3. In Chapter 3, how long do the soldiers have before they get sent back to the front?

4. When Chapter 12 begins, how long has the squad been digging trenches?

5. In general, what opinion do the soldiers have of the local women?

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