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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. What did the icy road turn into during the German retreat from the Don river?
(a) Dry road.
(b) Thick rivers of mud.
(c) Impassable rivers.
(d) Grassland.

2. What weapon was Hals issued in Part 2 Chapter 6?
(a) A Mausser rifle.
(b) A Panzerfaust.
(c) An MP40.
(d) An MG-42.

3. How many Russian soldiers did Sajer note 28,000 Germans were able to successfully fight?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 900,000.
(c) 600,000.
(d) 300,000.

4. Who managed to stay with Sajer in the same detail?
(a) His brother, Louis.
(b) Hals and Lensen.
(c) Nobody.
(d) His commanding officer.

5. When was Guy Sajer born?
(a) January 13, 1923.
(b) January 13, 1924.
(c) January 13, 1927.
(d) January 13, 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Russian prisoners after the counter-thrust in Part 2 Chapter 6?

2. What did the occupants of the train Sajer saw heading west in Part 1 Chapter 1 use to deflect the wind from their train car?

3. Where was Guy Sajer born?

4. Why was the travel back to Germany delayed according to Part 2 Chapter 4?

5. What happened to the convoy Sajer was in when it reached Kiev, in Part 1 Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clothes does Sajer say he had after exiting the water in the Author's Preface and Prologue?

2. What did the German army do to prevent the Russian Army from crossing the Don River?

3. What happened to the truck Sajer drove during the German retreat from the Don River?

4. What were Sajer and his group forced to do before getting supper in the Author's Preface and Prologue??

5. What type of training did Sajer and his unit completed at the Polish fortress?

6. Who came to see Sajer during his leave and what did that person bring?

7. How was the Belgorod assault mounted according to Sajer in Part 2 - The Gross Deutschland?

8. What food does Sajer say he and his unit were given before departing for Poland?

9. How did the Belgorod offensive go for the German soldiers according to Sajer?

10. How many soldiers were involved in the Belgorod offensive according to Sajer?

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