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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What punishment do the men receive for insulting Himmelstoss?
(a) Solitary confinement.
(b) House arrest.
(c) Probation.
(d) Open arrest.

2. According to Haie, what is revenge?
(a) White pudding.
(b) Black pudding.
(c) Christmas pudding.
(d) Chocolate pudding.

3. Where are the soldiers who are not in the mess line or the dressing-station?
(a) Pushing up daisies.
(b) Tending to the wounded.
(c) Fighting on the front-lines.
(d) Eating breakfast.

4. What word does Baumer use to describe Tjaden at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Grumpy.
(b) Stingy.
(c) Reticent.
(d) Foul-mouthed.

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

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

7. How do gunpowder fumes taste?
(a) Bitter.
(b) Smokey.
(c) Salty.
(d) Sweet.

8. What is the cook's name?
(a) Ginger.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Heinrich.
(d) The sergeant-cook.

9. How do the men refer to Germany?
(a) The Motherland.
(b) The Disneyland.
(c) The Fatherland.
(d) The Homeland.

10. Why is Müller in a good mood?
(a) He ate a good meal.
(b) He has a ticket home.
(c) He has new boots.
(d) He found an English rifle.

11. Where do the men take cover from the heavy shelling?
(a) The house where Kat saw the geese.
(b) The burned-out lorries.
(c) The woods.
(d) A graveyard.

12. Why was the fair-haired recruit so embarrassed?
(a) He was crying.
(b) His pants had fallen down.
(c) He soiled himself.
(d) He had let one of his comrades die.

13. What are the French famous for on the front?
(a) Up-to-date weaponry.
(b) Corned beef.
(c) Vicious attacks.
(d) Well-trained soldiers.

14. What does a double ration of sausage and bread put a man in?
(a) A happy place.
(b) A hospital bed.
(c) A decent state.
(d) A fine trim.

15. When men such as Himmelstoss get a star or a stripe, it is as though they have swallowed...
(a) Iron.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Dirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men find prepared for them on the way to the front?

2. Why does Kat think they are losing the war?

3. What does Haie often dream of?

4. What pattern is on the bedding in the men's barracks?

5. What do the men throw at the enemy soldiers?

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