Under Fire Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Under Fire Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and Poterloo do with the three Germans they come across while on their way to Sauchez?
(a) They let them go.
(b) They let them bury their dead.
(c) They take them prisoner.
(d) They kill them on the spot.

2. Cocon is described as being which of the following?
(a) A renaissance man.
(b) A stern sergeant.
(c) The squad's lance corporal.
(d) The squad's man of figures.

3. According to the media, what is the state of the war?
(a) A swift victory is expected.
(b) Slow progress is made.
(c) A victory is impossible.
(d) The war is being lost.

4. Which of the following was considered an aggravating circumstance in the veteran's case?
(a) He served in the foreign legion.
(b) He once assaulted a police officer.
(c) He was a decorated war hero.
(d) He was once arrested for drunkenness as a civilian.

5. Where does the narrator meet with Cpl. Marchal?
(a) Alleux Wood.
(b) Paris.
(c) Versailles.
(d) The Ardennes.

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

7. According to Cocon, how many divisions comprise a corps?
(a) Four corps.
(b) Seven corps.
(c) Two corps.
(d) Ten corps.

8. What does Lamuse believe about Eudoxie?
(a) She is a spy.
(b) She is following him.
(c) She can actually speak and understand French.
(d) She is hopelessly in love with him.

9. Why is Pépère envied by the other men?
(a) He is being sent to the rear as a typist.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He recently became a father.
(d) He was awarded a medal.

10. According to Cocon, each regiment includes how many non-combatants?
(a) 100 non-combatants.
(b) 250 non-combatants.
(c) 50 non-combatants.
(d) 20 non-combatants.

11. What is unusual about the road that the narrator and Poterloo take to get to Souchez?
(a) It is burning in places.
(b) It is lined with corpses.
(c) It has been destroyed by artillery fire.
(d) It is slick with blood.

12. In general, what opinion do the soldiers have of the local women?
(a) They are prudish.
(b) They are ugly.
(c) They are friendly.
(d) They cook poorly.

13. The soldier being carried by the Territorial stretcher-bearers was killed doing what?
(a) Foraging for food.
(b) Trying to defect.
(c) Returning to his unit.
(d) Looking for a souvenir German rifle.

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

15. Why does the old man who speaks to the soldiers leave angry?
(a) The men make fun of his advanced age.
(b) The men disagree with him about the war.
(c) The men find his philosophy amusing.
(d) One of the men tries to cheat him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Volpatte and Fouillade help Sgt. Sacerdote?

2. About how many deaths are predicted in the first chapter?

3. Where do the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad hope to be sent for rest?

4. What type of establishment does Eudore's wife Mariette run?

5. Why were the executed veteran's accomplices sentenced to life in prison and not executed?

(see the answer keys)

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