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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the men think is the best way to augment their meager wages?
(a) By seeking promotions.
(b) By bartering with other squads.
(c) By stealing.
(d) By being friends with the quartermaster.

5. What does a sapper do?
(a) Locates enemy units.
(b) Lays and removes mines.
(c) Builds bridges and fortifications.
(d) Scouts out the terrain ahead of a unit.

6. The German in the refuge served as which of the following?
(a) A sapper.
(b) A sniper.
(c) An officer.
(d) An aviator.

7. 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 writhing mess.
(b) A screaming tree.
(c) A poorly butchered animal.
(d) A pool of misery.

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

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

10. How do the narrator and the others find Bertrand's body?
(a) Partially severed at the waist.
(b) Grotesquely bloated.
(c) In several pieces.
(d) Stretched out like a cross.

11. Why does Joseph Mesnil go into "no man's land"?
(a) To find a German rifle.
(b) Because he wants to die.
(c) Because he is drunk.
(d) To search for his brother.

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

13. How long does Joseph wait before receiving aid at the refuge?
(a) Six hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) One day.
(d) Thirty minutes.

14. What is the author's opinion about what the characters will say in his book?
(a) He never thought about it.
(b) He doesn't think it is important.
(c) He hates not being allowed to accurately portray soldiers.
(d) He is worried about getting the tone right.

15. What was the purpose of the patrol that Lamuse, Barque, Biquet, and Eudore died on?
(a) To clear out an international trench.
(b) To clear an area of mines.
(c) To find a German listening post.
(d) To locate new supplies.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the two Moroccans want from the men?

4. How does Lamuse find Eudoxie's corpse?

5. What interests Volpatte the most while the men are on leave?

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