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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of meat have Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin acquired when Chapter 18 opens?
(a) Dog.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Horse.
(d) Pig.

2. The German in the refuge served as which of the following?
(a) An aviator.
(b) A sniper.
(c) A sapper.
(d) An officer.

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

4. What does Bertrand say about prophecies?
(a) He once kidded about believing in them.
(b) He fervently believes in them.
(c) He doubts them, but always sees them come true.
(d) He despises them.

5. The narrator describes the field of corpses being processed as being like which of the following?
(a) An abattoir.
(b) Hell.
(c) A devil's feast.
(d) A charnel house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two Moroccans want from the men?

2. The newspaper story says that which of the following was turned up when a civilian's yard was bombed?

3. What is the author's opinion about what the characters will say in his book?

4. When the squad's march comes to a halt, there is always a competition for which of the following?

5. What does the German demand of God?

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