Trenches book DIY reading questions

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

In which month and year did the story take place?
(Joining Up)

1. September 1814
2. August 1914
3. August 1916

When did the war break out?
(Joining up)

1. 1914
2. 1812
3. 1919

What do you train in the first few days?
(Training)

1. Your own daily clothes and shoes
2. a new soldier uniform and new shoes
3. your own shoes and a red jacket dating back from the Boer War.

Where do you sleep in, which colour is the jacket?
(Training)

1. You sleep in a tent and the jacket is green.
2. You sleep in a tent and the jacket is red.
3. You sleep in a house and the jacket is black.

How low below the ground were the German trenches?
(The trenches)

1. 15 m
2. 4 m
3. 10 m

What do you do if rats eat your bread?
(Rats and lice)

1. Set mouse traps, and feed them to the animals.
2. Shout at the rats as long as you got them.
3. Turn the light off and if you hear them, lights on and attack.

How long does it take to get the bread to the front?
(Bully beef, bread and biscuits)

1. 2 hours
2. eight days
3. 10 minutes

What kind of disease did they have in the trenches?
(The cold and the wet)

1. a trench hand
2. a trench foot
3. headache

How many British soldiers are treated for shellshock?
(Under fire)

1. 100
2. 80.000
3. 20.000

You're selected as part of a patrol to venture into 'no-man's' land. What is your task?
(No-man's land)

1. Steal weapons
2. Discover information
3. Attack the Germans

How do the stop a courier pigeon?
(Animals of war)

1. hawks
2. other pigeons
3. dogs

Where was the dog on special training?
(Animals of war)

1. Norway
2. Scotland
3. Germany

Who is Jim?
(Animals of war)

1. a cat
2. a dog
3. a baby

What colour was the gas of gas attacks?
(Tanks, tunneling and other terrifying tactics)

1. purple
2. yellow/green
3. yellow

What year did the Germans have the tanks?
(Tanks, tunneling and other terrifying tactics)

1. 1916
2. 1920
3. 1912

When was the creeping barrage tactic introduced?
(Tanks, tunneling and other terrifying tactics)

1. 1917
2. 1918
3. 1916

When did the Germans agree to stop fighting?
(Back to Blighty)

1. 12 November 1918
2. 2 November 1917
3. 11 November 1918

Where did they go by train?
(Back to Blighty)

1. home
2. London
3. Amsterdam