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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men have to watch out for while riding back in the lorries?
(a) Hanging wires.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Snipers.
(d) Shell-holes.

2. What do the men do with the leftover goose?
(a) They ate it all, there were no leftovers.
(b) They bring it back to the hut.
(c) They give it to Himmelstoss.
(d) They take it to Tjaden and Kropp.

3. What was the name of the other soldier who wet the bed?
(a) Ogden.
(b) Kindervater.
(c) Knickerbacker.
(d) Amherst.

4. How old is Kemmerich?
(a) Nineteen and a half.
(b) Not a day over twenty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Almost twenty-one.

5. What is Tjaden's national dish?
(a) Sauerkraut and chicken.
(b) Broad beans and bacon.
(c) Lima beans and beef.
(d) Liver and onions.

6. Who died of an inflammation of the lung?
(a) Adolph.
(b) Reynold.
(c) Segur.
(d) Wolf.

7. What personal problem does Tjaden have?
(a) He isn't very smart.
(b) He is an alcoholic.
(c) He is claustrophobic.
(d) He is a bed-wetter.

8. Who does the crying, fair-haired recruit remind Baumer of?
(a) Kantorek.
(b) Katczinsky.
(c) Kropp.
(d) Kemmerich.

9. What distinguishes Kropp from the other characters?
(a) He is the tallest.
(b) He is the most cowardly.
(c) He is the clearest thinker.
(d) He is the bravest.

10. What do the men throw at the enemy soldiers?
(a) Empty rifles with bayonets.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Knives.
(d) Bombs.

11. How many recruits die for each one veteran killed?
(a) Three to four.
(b) Five to ten.
(c) Five to seven.
(d) One to two.

12. What was Detering before he was a soldier?
(a) Veterinarian.
(b) Postman.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Farmer.

13. Why does the orderly glance at Kemmerich and then leave?
(a) He is preparing to euthanize him.
(b) He is waiting, and wants the bed.
(c) He is checking up on him.
(d) He is doing the rounds.

14. According to Kat, why does a trained dog snap at a piece of meat?
(a) He's always hungry.
(b) It's his nature.
(c) Because he was trained to.
(d) Blood-lust.

15. What never exists at the front?
(a) Honor.
(b) Hope.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Quietness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the men at rest five miles from?

2. What do Baumer and Kat want to do to the wounded young recruit?

3. How many men were wounded by friendly fire in the first night at the front?

4. When the men enlisted, what did many of them do for the first time before going to the barracks?

5. What type of cheese are the men given?

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