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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the men take from the German sentry they kill?
(a) Matches.
(b) A rifle.
(c) Rations.
(d) His helmet.

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

4. Why does Barque suggest that the author might have the characters in his book use "big words" instead of speaking naturally?
(a) To make them seem like better people.
(b) To gloss over the ugliness of war.
(c) To avoid censorship.
(d) To make the book more sophisticated.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 16, why is Paradis worn out?
(a) He has been digging trenches all day.
(b) He has not eaten all day.
(c) He is carrying a machine-gun.
(d) He has been serving as a liaison.

6. What do Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin do in order to find a way to cook the meat?
(a) Blaire tries to get help from another regiment.
(b) Pépin tries to improvise.
(c) Poupardin leads them in foraging.
(d) They send Volpatte to complain to Cpl. Bertrand.

7. When the men are on leave, it is evident that Blaire changed in what way?
(a) He has become and elegant, well-groomed man.
(b) He now longs to find a wife.
(c) He no longer cares for civilian life.
(d) He can't bear to go back to the front.

8. What is unusual about the trench that the men hide in?
(a) It is German.
(b) It is clean.
(c) It is unfinished.
(d) It is deep.

9. Why can Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin not cook their meat?
(a) There is no firewood.
(b) They are not allowed to start a fire.
(c) They have no way to light a fire.
(d) There is no cooking equipment.

10. What unusual preparation does Bertrand make for the offensive?
(a) He reads a meaningless passage from Leviticus to the men.
(b) He takes a single bullet from each man's supplies.
(c) He attaches knives to certain soldier's greatcoats.
(d) He makes strange marks on the trench's walls with chalk.

11. At the beginning of Chapter 22, how many men from Bertrad's squad survive?
(a) Six men survive.
(b) Twelve men survive.
(c) Three men survive.
(d) Ten men survive.

12. What hazard do the men face even after they reach the relative safety of the heights?
(a) Snipers.
(b) Machine gun fire.
(c) Artillery.
(d) Barrage fire.

13. What injuries has Farfadet sustained when the narrator meets him at the refuge?
(a) He suffered burns by chemical gas.
(b) He lost both arms.
(c) He lost one eye, the other is bandaged.
(d) He lost both legs.

14. What does the German demand of God?
(a) That he end his life.
(b) That he reveal his true name.
(c) The he spare the men in the refuge their pain.
(d) That he stop the shells.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "Zouaves' Cells"?

2. What irritates the men the most about the shirkers?

3. Who is the "weasel-faced ancient at Gauchin" from the newspaper story?

4. Why does Cpl. Bertrand wake the narrator at 2 a.m.?

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

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