2. What does an old buffer describe the men as?
(a) Young heroes.
(b) Young trouble-makers.
(c) Too young to know better.
(d) Young idiots.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job is Müller well suited for?

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

3. Who has a special reason to hate Himmelstoss?

4. What was the name of the other soldier who wet the bed?

5. How many deaths does the orderly think there will be on the day Kemmerich dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kropp's opinion of what life will be like when the men return home? What does it tell the reader about the effect of war upon a man?

2. Why does Kantorek's letter make the men angry? Why do you think the men have become old?

3. How was Himmelstoss disgraced?

4. What did Kantorek do to the men?

5. When Baumer emerges from the hospital following Kemmerich's death, his head is suddenly filled with images of girls, meadows, clouds, and he seems to feel energized. Why do you think he feels this way?

6. How does Baumer feel at the end of this chapter?

7. Where are the characters, and how are they feeling? Where did their "luck" come from?

8. How does Baumer describe the front? What can save them from danger?

9. How did the men finally outwit the rats?

10. During the card game, the men occasionally drift off into silence. What are they thinking about?

(see the answer keys)

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