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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men were wounded by friendly fire in the first night at the front?
(a) A dozen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Several.

2. Who is Haie Westhus?
(a) A construction worker.
(b) A peat-digger.
(c) A gardener.
(d) A field-worker.

3. What are the men at rest five miles from?
(a) The front.
(b) The beach.
(c) Headquarters.
(d) Germany.

4. Who hates Himmelstoss the most?
(a) Baumer.
(b) Tjaden.
(c) Kropp.
(d) Haie.

5. Who is fatally wounded in the back?
(a) Katczinsky.
(b) Kropp.
(c) Baumer.
(d) Haie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Tjaden?

3. What platoon did Baumer, Kropp, Müller, and Kemmerich join?

4. What did Katczinsky trade Ginger for the beans and beef?

5. What game to the men play while locked up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men react when they are finally attacked?

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

3. 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?

4. What is Kat's special talent? What does he do for the men?

5. When referring to Müller and Kemmerich, Baumer he states that they no longer have any sense of "artificial considerations". What do you think he means?

6. How do the men feel when they are at the front?

7. What does Himmelstoss prove about his character in this chapter?

8. How did the men finally outwit the rats?

9. Why is Tjaden unafraid of the punishment that may follow his insults to Himmelstoss?

10. Why do the men prefer sharpened shovels to bayonets?

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