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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. According to Cocon, each regiment includes how many non-combatants?
(a) 100 non-combatants.
(b) 20 non-combatants.
(c) 250 non-combatants.
(d) 50 non-combatants.

2. What does Eudoxie do when Lamuse announces his feelings to her?
(a) She falls in love with him.
(b) She is frightened, but accepting.
(c) She rejects him.
(d) She is speechless.

3. Cpl. Bertrand is described as being which of the following?
(a) Aloof.
(b) Insane.
(c) Argumentative.
(d) Courageous.

4. Pépin states that engages should not boast of having served unless they do which of the following?
(a) Experience poison gas.
(b) Charge into an enemy trench.
(c) Encounter a tank.
(d) Face machine gun fire.

5. Tirette is best described as which of the following?
(a) A thug.
(b) An actor.
(c) A joker.
(d) A card-sharp.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator and the other encounter Eudoxie, what is Lamuse doing?

2. According to Cocon, how many corps are present in the area of the railway depot?

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

4. How do Volpatte and Fouillade capture the two German soldiers?

5. The "Moroccan Division" is admired for what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author feel about the speech of the characters in the book he is writing?

3. Describe the encounter that the narrator and Paradis have with the four German soldiers.

4. What does the German in the refuge say and wonder about God?

5. What religious references does the narrator make while escorting Joseph to safety?

6. What is Volpatte's opinion of the phrase, "If we do return"?

7. What are the men's hopes and fears as their last day of leave approaches?

8. What does the narrator overhear the Legionnaires talking about? What are they planning, and why?

9. How do Blaire and the others blunder into German lines while searching for matches?

10. What do Volpatte and Fouillade do between the time they are sent to the shell-hole and the time they are found by their unit?

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