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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Tulacque believe that those who drive the artillery pieces to Verdun are not truly in the war?
(a) They are civilians.
(b) There is no activity in Verdun.
(c) They are not armed.
(d) They are only exposed to danger once.
2. Who bargains with the civilian woman for space to sleep and eat?
(a) Lamuse.
(b) Eudoxie.
(c) Fouillade.
(d) The narrator.
3. What does Mariette give to Eudore before he leaves?
(a) A picture of her.
(b) A box of cigars.
(c) Ham, bread, and wine.
(d) A stack of letters for him.
4. Where does Volpatte overhear the gossip of the gentlemen at the depot?
(a) On the radio.
(b) In an officer's social hall.
(c) At a tavern in town.
(d) From the kitchen, where he is helping.
5. Volpatte's compatriots oppose him when he criticizes what group?
(a) The police.
(b) The English enlisted men.
(c) The medical staff.
(d) The civilians.
6. What type of establishment does Eudore's wife Mariette run?
(a) A small school.
(b) A café.
(c) An inn.
(d) A saloon.
7. Why do the men agree that being unluckily killed or luckily staying alive are not the same thing?
(a) Staying alive feels better.
(b) One is more likely than the other.
(c) Death lasts a long time.
(d) Everyone died eventually.
8. Who is Eudoxie?
(a) A nurse.
(b) An officer's wife.
(c) A refugee.
(d) An actress.
9. About how many deaths are predicted in the first chapter?
(a) Ten million deaths.
(b) Three million deaths.
(c) One million deaths.
(d) Thirty million deaths.
10. Barque is described as being which of the following?
(a) A sage.
(b) A leader.
(c) A trickster.
(d) A rebel.
11. Cocon is described as being which of the following?
(a) A renaissance man.
(b) The squad's man of figures.
(c) A stern sergeant.
(d) The squad's lance corporal.
12. When the narrator and the other encounter Eudoxie, what is Lamuse doing?
(a) He is arguing with her.
(b) He is stalking her.
(c) He is gathering flowers for her.
(d) He is carrying her things.
13. Where does the narrator meet with Cpl. Marchal?
(a) The Ardennes.
(b) Paris.
(c) Alleux Wood.
(d) Versailles.
14. What does Volpatte say about the four great rivers of France?
(a) Only they could cleanse the depots.
(b) They will all run red with blood.
(c) They would be choked by the wounded men who are dying.
(d) They cannot wash the battlefields clean.
15. What is Tirloir's nickname?
(a) Lock and stock.
(b) The grumbler.
(c) Old boots.
(d) Brass tacks.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why can Eudore's five friends not make it to their real destination?
2. According to Volpatte, how many shirkers are there in the depots?
3. When first asked to share his story about the depot, what does Volpatte repeat?
4. What is Lamuse's opinion of aircraft?
5. How does the narrator feel about the trench completed in Chapter 12?
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