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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what form was Chapter 13 originally composed?
(a) Diary entries
(b) Personal letters
(c) Oral dictation
(d) Personal narrative

2. What was issued in preparation for the Somme?
(a) New gas masks
(b) New mortars
(c) New bullets
(d) New rifles

3. What color were the ribbons the Royal Welch Fusiliers wore on the back of their dress tunics?
(a) Orange
(b) Purple
(c) Crimson
(d) Black

4. How long was Graves in Harfleur 'Bull Ring'?
(a) 4 weeks
(b) 5 weeks
(c) 10 weeks
(d) 8 weeks

5. In August of 1915, where was a major offensive planned?
(a) La Bassye
(b) Cambrin
(c) Bythuyne
(d) Vermelles

6. How was the regiment's second-in-command referred to?
(a) Captain Cornball
(b) Buzz Off
(c) Punctilious Page
(d) Arrogant Idiot

7. For what were the Royal Welch Fusiliers notorious?
(a) Surrending to the Germans
(b) Supporting the Navy
(c) Participating in four of the hardest fought victories
(d) Being disgraced by the cavalry

8. What did the men in battle do with their belongings when they were planning for an assault?
(a) Kept it on their backs
(b) Hid it in trenches
(c) Abandoned it
(d) Sent it to the rear

9. In what year was Chapter 13 originally written?
(a) 1913
(b) 1920
(c) 1908
(d) 1915

10. Where would Graves and his men go when German artillery was close?
(a) Train cars
(b) Bunkers
(c) Abandoned buildings
(d) Trenches

11. What were the English exultant to receive their first shipment of?
(a) Mortar shells
(b) Rifles
(c) Stokes' Mortars
(d) New weapons of great destruction

12. What injury did Graves suffer?
(a) Rib fracture
(b) Broken nose
(c) Bullet wound
(d) Broken leg

13. Which of the following characters was killed in Chapter 18?
(a) Dave Thomas
(b) Captain Richardson
(c) Siegfried Sassoon
(d) Dick

14. At what age did Robert stop being fervant about his religious studies?
(a) 12
(b) 16
(c) 18
(d) 20

15. What did many of the English soldiers do routinely before a mass attack?
(a) Pool their cash into a sweepstakes
(b) Read and prayer together as a group
(c) Drink heavily
(d) Go into town to have a party

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Graves and some others go to rescue survivors after the battle of Loo?

2. Where did Graves and George Mallory become good friends?

3. Why were Graves' clothing and possessions considered second-rate?

4. What sport did Graves take up to help him be left alone by school bullies?

5. Where did Graves spend at least five of his summers while he was a child?

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