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6. In what way did Scot's suffer more than others?

  • they could not understand anyone because they only spoke Gaelic
  • they got slagged because of their accents
  • their kilts were more noticeable so they were shot more often
  • lice laid eggs in the folds of their kilts
  • it was hotter in the trenches than in the highlands
  • they got slagged for wearing kilts

7. How did the soldiers kill lice?

  • by washing their clothes
  • with talcum powder
  • with vinegar
  • by putting a candle near the eggs
  • with chemicals
  • by shooting a gun to scare them away

8. What weapons did NOT cause enormous casualties in WW1?

  • nuclear bombs
  • modern artillery
  • grenades
  • mines
  • machine guns
  • gas

9. How many casualties were expected in an advance?

  • fifty
  • thousands
  • hundreds
  • tens of thousands
  • one or two
  • twenty

10. What unwanted animals could be found in the trenches?

  • rats and lice
  • lice and flees
  • rats and mice
  • cats and dogs
  • pigeons and seagulls

11. What made the German trenches better than the British trenches?

  • they were heated
  • they were a foot taller
  • they had cement floors
  • they were longer
  • they were a foot shorter
  • they they were wider

12. What food/drink did the soldiers NOT get regularly in the trenches?

  • water
  • biscuits
  • whiskey
  • apples
  • tinned beef
  • tea