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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Eudore's five friends not make it to their real destination?
(a) It is a war-zone.
(b) It has been leveled by artillery.
(c) The road washed out.
(d) It turned into an army depot.

2. Chapter 7 begins with the squad waiting where as they prepare for redeployment?
(a) A motor pool.
(b) A large camp.
(c) A railway platform.
(d) An aid station.

3. How are Volpatte and Fouillade lost?
(a) They are captured, but manage to escape.
(b) They are separated during an attack.
(c) They get drunk and wander off.
(d) They are reassigned and then forgotten.

4. What happens to some of the rats that eat the corpses on the battlefield?
(a) They are caught and eaten by hungry soldiers.
(b) They fight over corpses and kill each other.
(c) They are shot by the soldiers.
(d) They die of poisoning.

5. What biblical location does the narrator allude to as he carries Joseph to safety?
(a) Gethsemane.
(b) Golgotha.
(c) Gehenna.
(d) Calvary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the men of the squad think of Volpatte?

3. What do the men note about the commandant?

4. Volpatte's compatriots oppose him when he criticizes what group?

5. At the end of Chapter 14, what does the narrator dream of?

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