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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Overall, how do the men feel about the things they carry with them?
(a) They don't seem to care at all.
(b) They resent almost everything they have to carry.
(c) They carry only what their officers force them to.
(d) They take great care in the selection and arrangement of carried items.

3. What irritates the men the most about the shirkers?
(a) They have better wages.
(b) They brag of their exploits.
(c) They wear their uniforms in the safety of the city.
(d) They try to act like comrades to real soldiers.

4. What is unique about the 5th battalion?
(a) They are new recruits.
(b) They are lucky and avoided most fights.
(c) They are bloodthirsty and love close-combat.
(d) They are optimistic.

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

6. What injuries has Farfadet sustained when the narrator meets him at the refuge?
(a) He suffered burns by chemical gas.
(b) He lost both arms.
(c) He lost one eye, the other is bandaged.
(d) He lost both legs.

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

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) Pépin tries to improvise.
(c) Poupardin leads them in foraging.
(d) Blaire tries to get help from another regiment.

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

10. At the beginning of Chapter 16, why is Paradis worn out?
(a) He has been serving as a liaison.
(b) He has not eaten all day.
(c) He has been digging trenches all day.
(d) He is carrying a machine-gun.

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

12. At the end of Chapter 14, what does the narrator dream of?
(a) A great, unknown light.
(b) The front.
(c) His hometown.
(d) The chickens in Gauchin-l'Abbé.

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

14. What hazard do the men face even after they reach the relative safety of the heights?
(a) Barrage fire.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Machine gun fire.
(d) Snipers.

15. How do the men respond when asked to describe life on the front?
(a) They make up heroic stories about themselves.
(b) They lie, underplaying its horrors.
(c) They describe the situation honestly.
(d) They embellish its hardships.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Marist brother, mentioned early in the book, is seen serving what role in the hospital?

2. The narrator describes the field of corpses being processed as being like which of the following?

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

4. How long does Joseph wait before receiving aid at the refuge?

5. What does Volpatte say about the state of France?

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