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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. What are the men given a shot for in the ambulance wagon?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Meningitis.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Tetanus.

2. How many reinforcements does the company need?
(a) At least eighty.
(b) More than the Kaiser can supply.
(c) Over a hundred.
(d) Dozens.

3. What does Baumer do with the prisoners?
(a) Knocks them down and kicks them.
(b) Defends them from the other guards.
(c) Sets them free.
(d) Gives them each a cigarette.

4. What is on the poster that the men are so fascinated about?
(a) A girl in a summer dress.
(b) A list of casualties from the most recent attack.
(c) News from the front.
(d) An advertisement for a film.

5. What did Detering try to do?
(a) Steal Paul's bread.
(b) Escape and go home.
(c) Run away to Holland.
(d) Kill Himmelstoss and himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Leer good at in school, though it could not save him?

2. Why does Baumer go out on patrol?

3. What happens to Paul when he is in the shell-holes?

4. What are all the soldiers hoping for?

5. Other than their legs, what does the men's new duty allow them to stretch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Baumer expect to face when the war ends? What does he not know?

2. Why are the men feeling so ill? How are the enemy troops faring?

3. How do the men act while eating caviar? Why do they do this?

4. What type of situation does Baumer's family face over his mother's illness?

5. What do the men think about being assigned to guard the supply dump?

6. How does the French girl make Baumer feel?

7. How does this book make you feel about war?

8. What do the men think about the causes and justifications behind the war?

9. How does Baumer skin his elbows?

10. What does Baumer say about being happy during the war? What about the memory of the previous days?

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