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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Kropp call the new reinforcements?
(a) Babies.
(b) Infants.
(c) Children.
(d) Newbies.

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

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

9. What does Baumer fall in when counter-attacking the French?
(a) A trench.
(b) Love with a French girl.
(c) A dug-out.
(d) Someone's belly.

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

11. What do the men salvage for parts to send home?
(a) Transport vehicles.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Parachute bombs.

12. What does Baumer grab for the men's dinner?
(a) A goose.
(b) A bulldog.
(c) A bag of apples.
(d) A pig.

13. How many men survived the last day at the front?
(a) Ninety.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Seventy.

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

15. What is the men's sole ambition?
(a) To knock the conceit out of a postman.
(b) To pull the wool over the eyes of a general.
(c) To kick the pants off a police officer.
(d) To send the dog after a salesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the men know they are near the sea?

2. According to Haie, what is revenge?

3. The men were trained to be heroes as if they were...

4. What do the men throw at the enemy soldiers?

5. Who is coming to the front?

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