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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Baumer leaves the hospital, what does he suddenly think of?
(a) Girls, flowery meadows, and white clouds.
(b) Maids, grassy fields, and grasshoppers.
(c) Women, alehouses, and golden sunsets.
(d) Ladies, blue skies, and romantic evenings.

2. What is the cook's name?
(a) Heinrich.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Ginger.
(d) The sergeant-cook.

3. What is the main character's name?
(a) Albert Kropp.
(b) Stanislaus Katczinsky.
(c) Haie Westhus
(d) Paul Baumer.

4. What does Tjaden call Himmelstoss?
(a) A squawking bird.
(b) A dirty hound.
(c) A stinky pig.
(d) A stupid cow.

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

6. When men such as Himmelstoss get a star or a stripe, it is as though they have swallowed...
(a) Dirt.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Iron.
(d) Concrete.

7. Who is Stanislaus Katczinsky?
(a) The laughing-stock of the group.
(b) The poet of the group.
(c) The leader of the group.
(d) The follower of the group.

8. What haunts Baumer as he stands on guard after the attack?
(a) Memories.
(b) Celebration music from the rear-guard.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Ghosts.

9. What word does Baumer use to describe Tjaden at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Foul-mouthed.
(b) Stingy.
(c) Reticent.
(d) Grumpy.

10. Katczinsky said the war wouldn't be so bad if they could just get enough...
(a) Women.
(b) Food.
(c) Action.
(d) Sleep.

11. Who has a special reason to hate Himmelstoss?
(a) Tjaden.
(b) Katczinsky.
(c) Baumer.
(d) Kropp.

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

13. What does Baumer fall in when counter-attacking the French?
(a) A dug-out.
(b) Love with a French girl.
(c) Someone's belly.
(d) A trench.

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

15. How does Baumer feel towards Kat?
(a) He loves him.
(b) He tolerates him.
(c) He is indifferent towards him.
(d) He resents him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men survived the last day at the front?

2. What do the men try to find for two days?

3. Why does Haie prefer military life to his normal job?

4. What is Tjaden's national dish?

5. Who is Haie Westhus?

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