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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 flask of whisky.
(c) A petrol lighter.
(d) A roasted chicken.

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

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

4. Overall, how do the men feel about the things they carry with them?
(a) They resent almost everything they have to carry.
(b) They take great care in the selection and arrangement of carried items.
(c) They don't seem to care at all.
(d) They carry only what their officers force them to.

5. How does Lamuse find Eudoxie's corpse?
(a) He sees her body being carried on a stretcher.
(b) He finds her unburied, in a grave.
(c) She is brought into a depot, dead.
(d) Her body is exhumed by the digging.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other bloody battle does the narrator recall while escorting Joseph to safety?

2. The Marist brother, mentioned early in the book, is seen serving what role in the hospital?

3. Why don't the men want to get drunk the night before returning to the trenches?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 16, why is Paradis worn out?

5. In Chapter 15, when the men run low on supplies, what does the narrator give to Paradis?

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