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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cocon calculate about the squad?
(a) How many supplies they consumed since formation.
(b) How likely they are to survive.
(c) How many miles they marched.
(d) How much weight they carry in total.

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

3. What does the author call the useless things that the men carry with them?
(a) Their "burdens."
(b) Their "treasures."
(c) Their "souvenirs."
(d) Their "crutches."

4. How do the men prevent their cleaned rifles from being stolen by lazy or dishonest soldiers?
(a) They sleep with their rifles under them.
(b) They put an identifying mark on them.
(c) They keep watch in pairs.
(d) They disassemble the rifles.

5. What do the two Moroccans want from the men?
(a) Food.
(b) Ammunition.
(c) Directions.
(d) Tobacco.

6. In Chapter 14, the squad learns that they are headed where?
(a) To Verdun.
(b) To Paris for leave.
(c) To the south.
(d) To the front lines.

7. Who is the "weasel-faced ancient at Gauchin" from the newspaper story?
(a) The old treasure hunting man the squad met earlier.
(b) The Commandant.
(c) The Marist brother.
(d) Cpl. Bertrand.

8. In Chapter 15, when the men run low on supplies, what does the narrator give to Paradis?
(a) A small tin of tobacco.
(b) A box of matches.
(c) An egg.
(d) Half of his dry ration.

9. What do the men think is the best way to augment their meager wages?
(a) By bartering with other squads.
(b) By stealing.
(c) By seeking promotions.
(d) By being friends with the quartermaster.

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

11. How is the refuge destroyed?
(a) By an artillery shell.
(b) The retreating French blow it up.
(c) The Germans set fire to it.
(d) It collapses without warning.

12. In Chapter 15, when the men run low on supplies, what does Triloir share with the rest of the squad?
(a) A pack of crackers.
(b) A petrol lighter.
(c) A roasted chicken.
(d) A flask of whisky.

13. The newspaper story says that which of the following was turned up when a civilian's yard was bombed?
(a) An old graveyard.
(b) A treasure chest.
(c) German spies.
(d) An illegal wine cellar.

14. Who is eager to prove themselves as a new cook?
(a) Pépin.
(b) Poupardin.
(c) Volpatte.
(d) Blaire.

15. How does Pépin die?
(a) To an artillery shell.
(b) To trench-foot.
(c) To friendly fire.
(d) To a sniper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the trench that the men hide in?

2. Why does Joseph Mesnil go into "no man's land"?

3. What is an international trench?

4. Overall, how do the men feel about the things they carry with them?

5. What does Paradis do for the old woman that he and the narrator find at the farmhouse?

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