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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men's thoughts like?
(a) Fire, because they burn through the night.
(b) Gunfire, because that is what shapes them.
(c) Bricks, because they are heavy.
(d) Clay, because they can be shaped by events.

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

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

4. How many days leave does Baumer get in total?
(a) Twenty.
(b) One week.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fourteen.

5. What was Leer good at in school, though it could not save him?
(a) Sport shooting.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Art.
(d) Gym class.

6. Other than their legs, what does the men's new duty allow them to stretch?
(a) Their patience.
(b) Their souls.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) Their skin.

7. Why does Paul have two weeks off?
(a) He swallowed some gas.
(b) He showed bravery in a recent offensive.
(c) He escaped from the military.
(d) He was given sanity leave.

8. What will Baumer's mother undergo for her cancer?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) No treatment.
(c) Faith healing.
(d) An operation.

9. What is known about Paul's death?
(a) He died heroically.
(b) He killed himself.
(c) He did not suffer long.
(d) He cried and begged until the bitter end.

10. What do the men find to eat?
(a) Eggs, pigs, and butter.
(b) Bread, sausage, and bacon.
(c) Eggs, chickens, and corn.
(d) Eggs, pickles, and sauerkraut.

11. Where was Paul sitting all day?
(a) On a cart.
(b) In the dug-out.
(c) In the trenches.
(d) In a garden.

12. Distinctions between the men, such as level of education, can be an advantage, but what else do they bring?
(a) Promotions within the army.
(b) Prejudices that have to be overcome.
(c) A full dinner.
(d) Welcome remarks and comments.

13. What part of the war are the men particularly angry about?
(a) The ineffectiveness of the new recruits.
(b) The worn-out barrels of their artillery.
(c) Their treatment by military doctors.
(d) The lack of proper sanitation.

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

15. Beside Baumer's training camp there is a prison of soldiers from what country?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Canada.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the only things that Baumer can talk about with his family before he leaves?

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

3. How do the men make a grater?

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

5. What happened to Kat and Kropp while Baumer was away on leave?

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