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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Labri refuse to eat?
(a) He is well fed.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He doesn't like the men's food.
(d) He doesn't like Fouillade.

2. What is Tirloir's nickname?
(a) The grumbler.
(b) Lock and stock.
(c) Old boots.
(d) Brass tacks.

3. Who are the anonymous individuals who make speculations in the first chapter?
(a) Generals.
(b) Inmates in a prison.
(c) Invalids in a sanatorium.
(d) The ghosts of dead soldiers.

4. Was does Poterloo discover about his wife?
(a) She is fraternizing with a German officer.
(b) She is pregnant again.
(c) She is dangerously ill.
(d) She is dead.

5. Why do the men agree that being unluckily killed or luckily staying alive are not the same thing?
(a) Staying alive feels better.
(b) One is more likely than the other.
(c) Death lasts a long time.
(d) Everyone died eventually.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cpl. Bertrand is described as being which of the following?

2. How is Farfadet "saved"?

3. Overall, the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad are best described in what way?

4. Chapter 7 begins with the squad waiting where as they prepare for redeployment?

5. Volpatte's compatriots oppose him when he criticizes what group?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the soldiers think about people touting the fine and admirable side of war?

2. During his six-day leave, how much time is Eudore able to share with his wife?

3. How do the men feel about their "treasures"?

4. How has the squad been reduced in numbers when Chapter 20 opens?

5. What problem do Blaire and the other face in Chapter 18, "A box of matches", and how do they solve it?

6. What do most of the wounded in the refuge think about God?

7. What is meant by the phrase that each poilu "carries his crowd along"?

8. How do the civilian's perceptions of the war differ from the soldier's experiences?

9. What is the condition of most of the soldiers the morning after the bombardment?

10. What happened to Joseph's brother, and how is his body found?

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