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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 exasperates the men more than the front line?
(a) Their commanding officers.
(b) The food.
(c) The rear-area.
(d) Full-dress parades.

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

3. Who does Baumer fail to notice on the street?
(a) A major, who gets angry at him.
(b) His former girlfriend, who is annoyed by him.
(c) His old school friend, who is happy to see him.
(d) His father, who is furious with him.

4. What class is Paul mother in in the hospital?
(a) Fourth.
(b) First.
(c) Third.
(d) Second.

5. Why does Paul want to let the months and years come?
(a) He wants to do some more fighting.
(b) He feels happy because of the possibility of peace.
(c) He has nothing more they can take from him.
(d) He is optimistic about the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men bring to the French girls as presents?

2. How do the men make a grater?

3. What does Baumer trade to a sergeant-major for a place with Kropp on the hospital train?

4. What before-battle activity was heavily debated between Baumer, Kat, and Tjaden?

5. What makes seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when an enemy soldier falls into Baumer's shell-hole?

2. What does Kropp decide to do if his leg is amputated? Why do the doctors amputate so quickly?

3. What condition are the Russian prisoners in? Why are they being treated so harshly?

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

5. How does Baumer feel about being back at the training camp on the moors? What does Remarque use nature to symbolize?

6. What does Paul think about after the man dies? What does this say about his character?

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

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

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

10. How is Berger wounded?

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