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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What kind of meat have Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin acquired when Chapter 18 opens?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Pig.
(c) Dog.
(d) Horse.
2. Overall, how do the men feel about the things they carry with them?
(a) They resent almost everything they have to carry.
(b) They don't seem to care at all.
(c) They carry only what their officers force them to.
(d) They take great care in the selection and arrangement of carried items.
3. In Chapter 14, the squad learns that they are headed where?
(a) To Verdun.
(b) To Paris for leave.
(c) To the south.
(d) To the front lines.
4. Who is eager to prove themselves as a new cook?
(a) Volpatte.
(b) Pépin.
(c) Blaire.
(d) Poupardin.
5. How long does Joseph wait before receiving aid at the refuge?
(a) Six hours.
(b) Thirty minutes.
(c) Two hours.
(d) One day.
6. What is unusual about the trench that the men hide in?
(a) It is unfinished.
(b) It is German.
(c) It is clean.
(d) It is deep.
7. How does Lamuse react to seeing Eudoxie's body?
(a) He flies into a rage.
(b) He hugs her.
(c) He vomits.
(d) He immediately breaks down in shock.
8. The newspaper story says that which of the following was turned up when a civilian's yard was bombed?
(a) An illegal wine cellar.
(b) An old graveyard.
(c) German spies.
(d) A treasure chest.
9. Where are the survivors of Bertrand's squad sent for their leave?
(a) Calais.
(b) Paris.
(c) Le Havre.
(d) Strasbourg.
10. What do the men note about the commandant?
(a) He can't smoke a pipe without scorching it.
(b) He is harsh and capricious.
(c) He hates animals.
(d) He has the accent of a peasant.
11. What unusual preparation does Bertrand make for the offensive?
(a) He takes a single bullet from each man's supplies.
(b) He attaches knives to certain soldier's greatcoats.
(c) He reads a meaningless passage from Leviticus to the men.
(d) He makes strange marks on the trench's walls with chalk.
12. The German in the refuge served as which of the following?
(a) A sapper.
(b) A sniper.
(c) An officer.
(d) An aviator.
13. What do Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin do in order to find a way to cook the meat?
(a) Pépin tries to improvise.
(b) Poupardin leads them in foraging.
(c) Blaire tries to get help from another regiment.
(d) They send Volpatte to complain to Cpl. Bertrand.
14. Why does Joseph Mesnil go into "no man's land"?
(a) Because he is drunk.
(b) To find a German rifle.
(c) To search for his brother.
(d) Because he wants to die.
15. How do the narrator and the others find Bertrand's body?
(a) Stretched out like a cross.
(b) Grotesquely bloated.
(c) In several pieces.
(d) Partially severed at the waist.
Short Answer Questions
1. While they are on leave, what does Volpatte remind the rest of the squad of?
2. According to Cocon, how many villages has the squad quartered in?
3. What do the two Moroccans want from the men?
4. What does Cocon calculate about the squad?
5. How do the men respond when asked to describe life on the front?
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