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What war is the story set in?
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
What effect did the Franco-Prussian War have on the French districts of Alsace and Lorraine?
They passed into Prussian hands.
Why was the narrator in great dread that morning?
Because M. Hamel had said that he would question them on participles, and the narrator did not know the first word about them.
What did the narrator consider doing instead of going to school that morning?
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Where were the Prussian soldiers drilling?
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