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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baumer's mother send to him before he leaves?
(a) New boots.
(b) Woolen underwear.
(c) Potato-cakes and jam.
(d) Sausage and bread.

2. Why does Paul hesitate to get in the bed in the hospital train?
(a) He doesn't want to get in without giving the sergeant-major the cigars.
(b) The sheets are too clean.
(c) It is an officer's bed.
(d) It is covered with blood from the previous occupant.

3. What part of the war are the men particularly angry about?
(a) The worn-out barrels of their artillery.
(b) The ineffectiveness of the new recruits.
(c) Their treatment by military doctors.
(d) The lack of proper sanitation.

4. Where was Paul sitting all day?
(a) In the trenches.
(b) In the dug-out.
(c) On a cart.
(d) In a garden.

5. What did the man that Baumer kills do for a living?
(a) Printer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Postman.
(d) Farmer.

6. What does Baumer trade to a sergeant-major for a place with Kropp on the hospital train?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Money.
(c) Cognac.
(d) Cigars.

7. How was Müller killed?
(a) He is shot in the stomach.
(b) He is obliterated by artillery.
(c) His is nailed in the head by a sniper.
(d) He steps on a mine.

8. What was Leer good at in school, though it could not save him?
(a) Art.
(b) Sport shooting.
(c) Gym class.
(d) Mathematics.

9. What must the men do with their new uniforms?
(a) Give them back.
(b) Keep them clean or be punished.
(c) Tear them apart for spare material.
(d) Fold them all as punishment for disrespecting the Kaiser.

10. Other than their legs, what does the men's new duty allow them to stretch?
(a) Barbed wire.
(b) Their patience.
(c) Their souls.
(d) Their skin.

11. What weapon are the men newly afraid of?
(a) Bombers.
(b) Samurai.
(c) Tanks.
(d) Gas.

12. What do eight of the men have to guard in particular?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) An outpost.
(c) A watch-tower.
(d) A supply dump.

13. What will Baumer's mother undergo for her cancer?
(a) An operation.
(b) No treatment.
(c) Faith healing.
(d) Chemotherapy.

14. What is missing from the naked soldier sitting in the tree, other than his clothes?
(a) His head.
(b) His legs.
(c) His arms.
(d) His helmet.

15. What does Kat say is good for loose bowels?
(a) Combat.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Chocolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men decide to do after seeing the poster?

2. Why was Paul glad when he died?

3. What are all the soldiers hoping for?

4. How do the men make a grater?

5. What does Detering collect from a tree?

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