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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, when the men run low on supplies, what does Triloir share with the rest of the squad?
(a) A roasted chicken.
(b) A flask of whisky.
(c) A pack of crackers.
(d) A petrol lighter.

2. What other bloody battle does the narrator recall while escorting Joseph to safety?
(a) Verdun.
(b) Benthoval Wood.
(c) The Ardennes.
(d) Versailles.

3. What does the Foreign Legionnaire try to give to his comrade?
(a) His medals.
(b) A flask of brandy.
(c) A photo of his wife.
(d) His identity papers.

4. According to Cocon, how many villages has the squad quartered in?
(a) 47 villages.
(b) 3.
(c) 16.
(d) 29.

5. What does Volpatte repeat as he charges into the machine gun fire?
(a) "Don't worry."
(b) "Alright."
(c) "Hurry up."
(d) "Let's go."

6. What does the author call the useless things that the men carry with them?
(a) Their "souvenirs."
(b) Their "treasures."
(c) Their "crutches."
(d) Their "burdens."

7. How does Lamuse return to the trench after helping the sappers?
(a) He slinks in, totally depressed.
(b) He runs back, yelling hysterically.
(c) He wanders back, as if by accident.
(d) He is escorted back by military police.

8. What do Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin do in order to find a way to cook the meat?
(a) They send Volpatte to complain to Cpl. Bertrand.
(b) Poupardin leads them in foraging.
(c) Pépin tries to improvise.
(d) Blaire tries to get help from another regiment.

9. Near the last stretch of his journey to bring the wounded Joseph to safety, the narrator encounters a wounded man that he compares to which of the following?
(a) A poorly butchered animal.
(b) A screaming tree.
(c) A pool of misery.
(d) A writhing mess.

10. What is unusual about the trench that the men hide in?
(a) It is unfinished.
(b) It is clean.
(c) It is German.
(d) It is deep.

11. How does Lamuse find Eudoxie's corpse?
(a) Her body is exhumed by the digging.
(b) He finds her unburied, in a grave.
(c) He sees her body being carried on a stretcher.
(d) She is brought into a depot, dead.

12. When the men are on leave, it is evident that Blaire changed in what way?
(a) He can't bear to go back to the front.
(b) He has become and elegant, well-groomed man.
(c) He now longs to find a wife.
(d) He no longer cares for civilian life.

13. In Chapter 15, when the men run low on supplies, what does the narrator give to Paradis?
(a) A small tin of tobacco.
(b) An egg.
(c) Half of his dry ration.
(d) A box of matches.

14. What does Volpatte say about the state of France?
(a) It has not changed since the revolution, and will never change.
(b) There are two Frances, and there are too many on the happy side.
(c) It can never be defeated.
(d) It is bound to fall apart.

15. What does the German say about the religious services of both sides?
(a) They are pointless.
(b) They are different.
(c) They are both hypocritical.
(d) They are the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. The German in the refuge served as which of the following?

2. What irritates the men the most about the shirkers?

3. What does Bertrand say about prophecies?

4. How does Lamuse react to seeing Eudoxie's body?

5. What unusual preparation does Bertrand make for the offensive?

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