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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the other men try to coax Volpatte into sharing his story?
(a) They want to know what he's hiding.
(b) They are eager for any story from outside the trenches.
(c) They are curious about the brigade headquarters.
(d) They know he should not hold his anger in.

2. What is Gauchin-l'Abbé?
(a) A university.
(b) A church.
(c) A monastery.
(d) A village.

3. What does Eudoxie do when Lamuse announces his feelings to her?
(a) She falls in love with him.
(b) She is speechless.
(c) She is frightened, but accepting.
(d) She rejects him.

4. Cpl. Marchal serves with what military units?
(a) The 5th and 6th battalions.
(b) The 154th rifles.
(c) The Moroccan Division.
(d) The Republican Guard engineering brigade.

5. Cpl. Marchal has what relationship to the narrator?
(a) He is an old friend of the narrator's.
(b) He is the narrator's commanding officer.
(c) He saved the narrator's life.
(d) He serves under the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pépin states that engages should not boast of having served unless they do which of the following?

2. Why does Tulacque believe that those who drive the artillery pieces to Verdun are not truly in the war?

3. The characters introduced in Chapter 2 are part of what type of squad?

4. According to Volpatte, how many shirkers are there in the depots?

5. Where do the events of the first chapter take place?

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