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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paradis do for the old woman that he and the narrator find at the farmhouse?
(a) He shares his food with her.
(b) He gathers firewood for her.
(c) He polishes a pair of boots for her.
(d) He helps her repair a hole in her roof.

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

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

4. Near the last stretch of his journey to bring the wounded Joseph to safety, the narrator encounters a wounded man that he compares to which of the following?
(a) A poorly butchered animal.
(b) A screaming tree.
(c) A pool of misery.
(d) A writhing mess.

5. The Marist brother, mentioned early in the book, is seen serving what role in the hospital?
(a) Guard.
(b) Quartermaster.
(c) Red Cross sergeant.
(d) Chaplain.

Short Answer Questions

1. While on leave, the men see a poster in a store's window display which depicts which of the following?

2. What does Bertrand say about prophecies?

3. How does Lamuse react to seeing Eudoxie's body?

4. What is an international trench?

5. Paradis insists that he and the narrator leave the farmhouse before what happens?

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