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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leer prefer?
(a) The girls from the clubs in Munich.
(b) The girls from the hospital.
(c) The girls from the officers' brothels.
(d) The girls from the English brothels.

2. Who is bothered the most by the sound of the wounded horses?
(a) Kropp.
(b) Baumer.
(c) The fair-haired recruit.
(d) Detering.

3. What platoon did Baumer, Kropp, Müller, and Kemmerich join?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Nine.
(d) One.

4. What did Katczinsky trade Ginger for the beans and beef?
(a) Balloon canvas.
(b) Gun cotton.
(c) Uniform linen.
(d) Parachute silk.

5. Why do the men know they are near the sea?
(a) They find a boat.
(b) They can smell the water.
(c) They can feel the cold.
(d) They can hear seabirds.

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

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

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

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

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

11. When Kemmerich died, what did his eyes resemble?
(a) Yellow dandelions.
(b) Yellow gold coins.
(c) Yellow old ivory coasters.
(d) Yellow horn buttons.

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

13. What did Baumer and Kemmerich used to catch in the lane of poplars by the Klosterbach?
(a) Pollywogs.
(b) Grasshoppers.
(c) Sticklebacks.
(d) Chazwazzels.

14. What do the men find prepared for them on the way to the front?
(a) Dinner.
(b) A victory celebration.
(c) Coffins.
(d) An American unit.

15. What do the men do with the leftover goose?
(a) They ate it all, there were no leftovers.
(b) They take it to Tjaden and Kropp.
(c) They bring it back to the hut.
(d) They give it to Himmelstoss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the play that Baumer was writing?

2. How do the men refer to Germany?

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

4. What does Haie often dream of?

5. What never exists at the front?

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