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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Baumer feel towards Kat?
(a) He is indifferent towards him.
(b) He loves him.
(c) He tolerates him.
(d) He resents him.

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

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

4. What do the men throw at the enemy soldiers?
(a) Bombs.
(b) Knives.
(c) Empty rifles with bayonets.
(d) Rocks.

5. What does every soldier believe in and trust?
(a) God.
(b) His rifle.
(c) His comrades.
(d) Chance.

6. What does Müller offer Baumer a fine piece of?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Saveloy.
(c) Red pudding.
(d) Frankfurter.

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

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

9. What is the main character's name?
(a) Stanislaus Katczinsky.
(b) Albert Kropp.
(c) Haie Westhus
(d) Paul Baumer.

10. Who is Kantorek?
(a) The men's old barber.
(b) The men's old friend.
(c) The men's old bartender.
(d) The men's old schoolmaster.

11. What did Himmelstoss force Baumer and Kropp to clean the Corporals' Mess with?
(a) A toothbrush.
(b) A single paper towel.
(c) Nothing but their hands.
(d) A fine comb.

12. What does Haie often dream of?
(a) The abuse he received at the hands of Himmelstoss.
(b) Going home and forgetting about the war.
(c) Being killed in battle.
(d) The beating they gave to Himmelstoss.

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

14. When Baumer and Kropp spilled raw sewage on Himmelstoss, what did he say it meant for them?
(a) Clunk.
(b) Clonk.
(c) Clink.
(d) Clank.

15. How do gunpowder fumes taste?
(a) Bitter.
(b) Salty.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Smokey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kropp call the new reinforcements?

3. How long does Kropp say the men have had to endure shells and bombs?

4. What personal problem does Tjaden have?

5. What do the men wrap Himmelstoss in when they beat him?

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