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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lamuse return to the trench after helping the sappers?
(a) He slinks in, totally depressed.
(b) He runs back, yelling hysterically.
(c) He wanders back, as if by accident.
(d) He is escorted back by military police.

2. 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.

3. What does the German say about the religious services of both sides?
(a) They are the same.
(b) They are pointless.
(c) They are different.
(d) They are both hypocritical.

4. Why can Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin not cook their meat?
(a) There is no cooking equipment.
(b) There is no firewood.
(c) They are not allowed to start a fire.
(d) They have no way to light a fire.

5. How does Pépin die?
(a) To friendly fire.
(b) To an artillery shell.
(c) To trench-foot.
(d) To a sniper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cocon calculate about the squad?

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

3. Where are the survivors of Bertrand's squad sent for their leave?

4. Why does Barque suggest that the author might have the characters in his book use "big words" instead of speaking naturally?

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

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