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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Baumer and Kat want to do to the wounded young recruit?
(a) Carry him to the hospital.
(b) Disinfect his wounds with rum.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Leave him to die.

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

3. Who arrives at the front lines?
(a) Himmelstoss.
(b) The Kaiser.
(c) Kropp.
(d) Winston Churchill.

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

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

6. What is it a tedious exercise to kill?
(a) Flamethrower troops.
(b) The bacteria that cause trench-foot.
(c) Englishmen.
(d) Lice.

7. What word does Baumer use to describe Tjaden at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Reticent.
(b) Stingy.
(c) Foul-mouthed.
(d) Grumpy.

8. What did Baumer say Kemmerich had about him?
(a) Something of a soldier.
(b) Something of the girl.
(c) Something of the man.
(d) Something special.

9. What never exists at the front?
(a) Quietness.
(b) Hope.
(c) Honor.
(d) Discipline.

10. How do the men refer to Germany?
(a) The Motherland.
(b) The Disneyland.
(c) The Homeland.
(d) The Fatherland.

11. When do the men return to the lorries?
(a) 3 o'clock.
(b) 4 o'clock.
(c) 6 o'clock.
(d) 5 o'clock.

12. Katczinsky said the war wouldn't be so bad if they could just get enough...
(a) Women.
(b) Action.
(c) Food.
(d) Sleep.

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

14. When men such as Himmelstoss get a star or a stripe, it is as though they have swallowed...
(a) Bullets.
(b) Iron.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Concrete.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does every soldier believe in and trust?

2. What does Haie often dream of?

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

4. How many men were wounded by friendly fire in the first night at the front?

5. What card game are the men playing?

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