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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Kropp say the men have had to endure shells and bombs?
(a) Thirty-seven months.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) A year and a half.

2. How does Baumer hurt his hand?
(a) Unrolling barbed wire.
(b) Cutting and removing barbed wire.
(c) Crawling through barbed wire.
(d) He uses it to shield himself from shrapnel.

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

4. What are the men at rest five miles from?
(a) The beach.
(b) The front.
(c) Germany.
(d) Headquarters.

5. What distinguishes Kropp from the other characters?
(a) He is the most cowardly.
(b) He is the clearest thinker.
(c) He is the tallest.
(d) He is the bravest.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the men enlisted, what did many of them do for the first time before going to the barracks?

2. Who arrives at the front lines?

3. What word does Baumer use to describe Tjaden at the beginning of the chapter?

4. When Baumer and Kropp spilled raw sewage on Himmelstoss, what did he say it meant for them?

5. What do the men try to find for two days?

(see the answer key)

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