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Question 1 of 6
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Starting with the first, order these plot points from Ian Beck's 'Propping Up The Line' in chronological order.
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We learn Alfred dies owing to complications brought on by the gas attack.
Alfred sees someone who reminds him of Jonesey at a cricket match.
Alfred returns home to England.
Jonesey is killed in a gas attack. Alfred breathes in gas but survives.
Alfred realises he can no longer work in the winter because of lung damage.
Alfred and Jonesey are asked to cut some barbed wire in no man's land.
Alfred kills a rat in anger in the trenches.
Consider the penultimate plot point which sees Alfred feel guilty about what happened to his friend.