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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Baumer leaves the hospital, what does he suddenly think of?
(a) Ladies, blue skies, and romantic evenings.
(b) Maids, grassy fields, and grasshoppers.
(c) Women, alehouses, and golden sunsets.
(d) Girls, flowery meadows, and white clouds.

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

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

5. What does Tjaden call Himmelstoss?
(a) A stupid cow.
(b) A stinky pig.
(c) A squawking bird.
(d) A dirty hound.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the crying, fair-haired recruit remind Baumer of?

2. What did Baumer and Kemmerich used to catch in the lane of poplars by the Klosterbach?

3. Who arrives at the front lines?

4. What are there rumors of?

5. What nation's troops rush the men's line?

(see the answer key)

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