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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pattern is on the bedding in the men's barracks?
(a) Stars and stripes.
(b) A patchwork quilt of war-scenes.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Polka-dots.

2. Kat's masterpiece was four boxes of...
(a) Sauerkraut.
(b) Wine.
(c) Canned tuna.
(d) Lobsters.

3. What do the men fear more than tanks and low-flying planes?
(a) Gas.
(b) Rockets.
(c) Flamethrowers.
(d) Special forces.

4. What do the men try to find for two days?
(a) A little sleep.
(b) A wounded man.
(c) Their helmets.
(d) The cognac they stole from the French.

5. What job is Müller well suited for?
(a) Couch potato.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Schoolmaster.
(d) Peat-digger.

6. What "game" did Himmelstoss used to make the men play?
(a) Change at Lohne.
(b) Fall forward.
(c) Parts of the 98 rifle.
(d) The cook-house game.

7. What is the cook's name?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Heinrich.
(c) The sergeant-cook.
(d) Ginger.

8. Who does the crying, fair-haired recruit remind Baumer of?
(a) Katczinsky.
(b) Kropp.
(c) Kantorek.
(d) Kemmerich.

9. Who died of an inflammation of the lung?
(a) Segur.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Adolph.
(d) Reynold.

10. Who has a special reason to hate Himmelstoss?
(a) Tjaden.
(b) Kropp.
(c) Baumer.
(d) Katczinsky.

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

12. Why does Haie prefer military life to his normal job?
(a) He enjoys following orders and can't think for himself.
(b) It gives him an opportunity to kill people.
(c) He likes working with explosives.
(d) It is clean and fairly comfortable.

13. What name do the men call the British?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Teapots.
(c) Tommies.
(d) Yanks.

14. Who has his head torn off beside Baumer?
(a) A sergeant.
(b) A recruit.
(c) A lance-corporal.
(d) Katczinsky.

15. Why was the fair-haired recruit so embarrassed?
(a) His pants had fallen down.
(b) He soiled himself.
(c) He was crying.
(d) He had let one of his comrades die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the orderly glance at Kemmerich and then leave?

2. Who is Haie Westhus?

3. Who arrives at the front lines?

4. What do the men find prepared for them on the way to the front?

5. What does Himmelstoss threaten to do to Tjaden?

(see the answer keys)

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