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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paradis do for the old woman that he and the narrator find at the farmhouse?
(a) He helps her repair a hole in her roof.
(b) He shares his food with her.
(c) He gathers firewood for her.
(d) He polishes a pair of boots for her.

2. How does Lamuse react to seeing Eudoxie's body?
(a) He vomits.
(b) He hugs her.
(c) He immediately breaks down in shock.
(d) He flies into a rage.

3. How is Joseph Mesnil injured?
(a) He intentionally runs into machine gun fire after the battle is over.
(b) One of his grenades explodes early.
(c) He is killed in close combat.
(d) A sniper shoots him after he takes out a machine gun.

4. How is the refuge destroyed?
(a) By an artillery shell.
(b) The retreating French blow it up.
(c) The Germans set fire to it.
(d) It collapses without warning.

5. The Marist brother, mentioned early in the book, is seen serving what role in the hospital?
(a) Quartermaster.
(b) Red Cross sergeant.
(c) Guard.
(d) Chaplain.

6. When the squad's march comes to a halt, there is always a competition for which of the following?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Sleeping space.
(c) Place in the food line.
(d) The first watch.

7. How do the men prevent their cleaned rifles from being stolen by lazy or dishonest soldiers?
(a) They sleep with their rifles under them.
(b) They keep watch in pairs.
(c) They disassemble the rifles.
(d) They put an identifying mark on them.

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

9. Who is eager to prove themselves as a new cook?
(a) Pépin.
(b) Blaire.
(c) Volpatte.
(d) Poupardin.

10. Paradis insists that he and the narrator leave the farmhouse before what happens?
(a) The old woman's daughter returns.
(b) The regiment's curfew begins.
(c) Muster is called.
(d) The sun rises.

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

12. What kind of meat have Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin acquired when Chapter 18 opens?
(a) Dog.
(b) Horse.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Pig.

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

14. How is the Marist brother killed?
(a) By the gunfire of approaching Germans.
(b) By an insane patient.
(c) By an artillery shell.
(d) By a sniper.

15. Why does Cpl. Bertrand wake the narrator at 2 a.m.?
(a) To search for a body.
(b) For guard duty.
(c) To talk with him.
(d) To help bury bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, when the men run low on supplies, what does the narrator give to Paradis?

2. Overall, how do the men feel about the things they carry with them?

3. What biblical location does the narrator allude to as he carries Joseph to safety?

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

5. While on leave, the men see a poster in a store's window display which depicts which of the following?

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