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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cpl. Bertrand wake the narrator at 2 a.m.?
(a) To help bury bodies.
(b) For guard duty.
(c) To talk with him.
(d) To search for a body.

2. One poilu compares the soldiers to which of the following?
(a) Murderers.
(b) The dead.
(c) Children.
(d) Prisoners.

3. How is Joseph Mesnil injured?
(a) A sniper shoots him after he takes out a machine gun.
(b) He intentionally runs into machine gun fire after the battle is over.
(c) One of his grenades explodes early.
(d) He is killed in close combat.

4. What does the arrival of the Moroccan Division mean to the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad?
(a) They will be placed on leave.
(b) High command is unhappy with their part of the front.
(c) An offensive will soon begin.
(d) An attack by the enemy is expected.

5. Pépin states that engages should not boast of having served unless they do which of the following?
(a) Charge into an enemy trench.
(b) Face machine gun fire.
(c) Experience poison gas.
(d) Encounter a tank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interests Volpatte the most while the men are on leave?

2. What order does Cpl. Broyer issue?

3. Why can Eudore's five friends not make it to their real destination?

4. What injuries has Farfadet sustained when the narrator meets him at the refuge?

5. According to Cocon, each regiment includes how many non-combatants?

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