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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Biquet's response to his mother's concern for him as expressed in her letter?
(a) He is worried.
(b) He immediately writes back to console her.
(c) He is totally unphased.
(d) He is amused.

2. When the narrator and the other encounter Eudoxie, what is Lamuse doing?
(a) He is stalking her.
(b) He is gathering flowers for her.
(c) He is carrying her things.
(d) He is arguing with her.

3. The "Territorials" are noted for what unusual quality?
(a) They are foreigners.
(b) They are old men.
(c) They are too young for regular duty.
(d) They are former criminals.

4. Why is Pépère envied by the other men?
(a) He is getting married.
(b) He recently became a father.
(c) He is being sent to the rear as a typist.
(d) He was awarded a medal.

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

6. Volpatte's compatriots oppose him when he criticizes what group?
(a) The medical staff.
(b) The police.
(c) The civilians.
(d) The English enlisted men.

7. Why was the veteran executed just prior to the events of Chapter 10?
(a) He was caught stealing from an officer.
(b) He killed a civilian.
(c) He was trying to avoid going back to the front.
(d) He fled from the enemy.

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

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

10. 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 let them go.
(c) They let them bury their dead.
(d) They take them prisoner.

11. The characters introduced in Chapter 2 are part of what type of squad?
(a) A front-line squad.
(b) An engineering squad.
(c) A reserve squad.
(d) A medical squad.

12. Which soldier besides Lamuse believes the Eudoxie is infatuated with him?
(a) Farfadet.
(b) Blair.
(c) Volpatte.
(d) Paradis.

13. What do the men concede with regards to the "shirkers"?
(a) Shirking is human nature.
(b) It is a smart thing to do.
(c) They are necessary.
(d) They are unavoidable.

14. Was does Poterloo discover about his wife?
(a) She is pregnant again.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She is dangerously ill.
(d) She is fraternizing with a German officer.

15. What is Tirloir's nickname?
(a) Brass tacks.
(b) Lock and stock.
(c) The grumbler.
(d) Old boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the old man who speaks to the soldiers leave angry?

2. What is Volpatte's condition when he is found?

3. What does Eudoxie do when Lamuse announces his feelings to her?

4. Where does the narrator meet with Cpl. Marchal?

5. What type of establishment does Eudore's wife Mariette run?

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