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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baumer's mother send to him before he leaves?
(a) New boots.
(b) Sausage and bread.
(c) Potato-cakes and jam.
(d) Woolen underwear.

2. What do Baumer and Kat want to do to the wounded young recruit?
(a) Carry him to the hospital.
(b) Disinfect his wounds with rum.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Leave him to die.

3. Why does Paul hesitate to get in the bed in the hospital train?
(a) It is covered with blood from the previous occupant.
(b) The sheets are too clean.
(c) He doesn't want to get in without giving the sergeant-major the cigars.
(d) It is an officer's bed.

4. When the men enlisted, what did many of them do for the first time before going to the barracks?
(a) Drink.
(b) Have sex.
(c) Shave.
(d) Smoke.

5. How many reinforcements does the company need?
(a) At least eighty.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Over a hundred.
(d) More than the Kaiser can supply.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the men do with the leftover goose?

3. What do the men fear more than tanks and low-flying planes?

4. What punishment do the men receive for insulting Himmelstoss?

5. Who arrives at the front lines?

(see the answer key)

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