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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. Who is coming to inspect the men?
(a) The Kaiser.
(b) Kantorek.
(c) The Commandante.
(d) The Prussian.

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

3. What do the men use to cool their machine-gun when they run out of water?
(a) Clay.
(b) Blood.
(c) Urine.
(d) Spit.

4. Where do the men think they will be going?
(a) Back home to defend Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

5. What does Detering collect from a tree?
(a) Avocados.
(b) Cherry blossoms.
(c) Bare branches.
(d) Pears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man that Baumer kills do for a living?

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

3. What does Baumer's mother send to him before he leaves?

4. What musical instrument does one of the Russian prisoners play?

5. What class is Paul mother in in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is nature described throughout All Quiet on the Western Front? What does this symbolism mean?

2. How does Baumer skin his elbows?

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

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

5. How is Company Commander Bertink killed?

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

7. Why is Baumer sad that he gets to be away from the front for so long?

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

9. How does Baumer feel towards the prisoners? Why? What does he think about the reasons for considering them an enemy?

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

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