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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does an old buffer describe the men as?
(a) Too young to know better.
(b) Young trouble-makers.
(c) Young idiots.
(d) Young heroes.

2. What is Lohne?
(a) Baumer's hometown.
(b) A library.
(c) A railway junction.
(d) The most dangerous area of the front.

3. When Baumer and Kropp spilled raw sewage on Himmelstoss, what did he say it meant for them?
(a) Clink.
(b) Clonk.
(c) Clunk.
(d) Clank.

4. When do the men return to the lorries?
(a) 4 o'clock.
(b) 5 o'clock.
(c) 3 o'clock.
(d) 6 o'clock.

5. What does Leer prefer?
(a) The girls from the clubs in Munich.
(b) The girls from the officers' brothels.
(c) The girls from the English brothels.
(d) The girls from the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name do the men call the British?

2. What does a double ration of sausage and bread put a man in?

3. The men were trained to be heroes as if they were...

4. What platoon did Baumer, Kropp, Müller, and Kemmerich join?

5. What was Detering before he was a soldier?

(see the answer key)

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