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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the purpose of the patrol that Lamuse, Barque, Biquet, and Eudore died on?
(a) To find a German listening post.
(b) To clear an area of mines.
(c) To locate new supplies.
(d) To clear out an international trench.

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 take great care in the selection and arrangement of carried items.
(c) They resent almost everything they have to carry.
(d) They carry only what their officers force them to.

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

4. Near the last stretch of his journey to bring the wounded Joseph to safety, the narrator encounters a wounded man that he compares to which of the following?
(a) A screaming tree.
(b) A pool of misery.
(c) A writhing mess.
(d) A poorly butchered animal.

5. What are the "Zouaves' Cells"?
(a) Groups of spies.
(b) Special artillery shells.
(c) Shelters.
(d) Forward trenches.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the squad's march comes to a halt, there is always a competition for which of the following?

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

3. What unusual preparation does Bertrand make for the offensive?

4. What do the men think of all of the things that the army issues them?

5. How do the narrator and the others find Bertrand's body?

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