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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Haie Westhus?
(a) A peat-digger.
(b) A field-worker.
(c) A gardener.
(d) A construction worker.

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

3. How many deaths does the orderly think there will be on the day Kemmerich dies?
(a) Forty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

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

5. How many men survived the last day at the front?
(a) Ninety.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Seventy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kemmerich died, what did his eyes resemble?

2. What is the cook's name?

3. What distinguishes Kropp from the other characters?

4. What was the name of the men's platoon leader during training?

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

(see the answer key)

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