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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 fatally wounded in the back?
(a) Baumer.
(b) Kropp.
(c) Haie.
(d) Katczinsky.
2. What pattern is on the bedding in the men's barracks?
(a) Polka-dots.
(b) Stars and stripes.
(c) A patchwork quilt of war-scenes.
(d) Checkers.
3. Where are the soldiers who are not in the mess line or the dressing-station?
(a) Tending to the wounded.
(b) Pushing up daisies.
(c) Eating breakfast.
(d) Fighting on the front-lines.
4. Who is Haie Westhus?
(a) A peat-digger.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A field-worker.
(d) A construction worker.
5. How many men were wounded by friendly fire in the first night at the front?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Several.
(d) A dozen.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word does Baumer use to describe Tjaden at the beginning of the chapter?
2. What does Baumer fall in when counter-attacking the French?
3. What word describes almost all sergeant-majors?
4. What does Müller carry?
5. Why does Haie prefer military life to his normal job?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the men break Himmelstoss' power over them?
2. What is Kropp's opinion of what life will be like when the men return home? What does it tell the reader about the effect of war upon a man?
3. Why would a soldier be happy to receive a broken arm?
4. How does Baumer feel at the end of this chapter?
5. How did Baumer narrowly escape death in the dug-outs?
6. Katczinsky recites the rhyme "Give 'em all the same grub and all the same pay / And the war would be over and done in a day". What do you think this means?
7. How does Detering he react to the wounded horses, and why? What is his opinion of horses in warfare?
8. What does Kropp think war should be like?
9. Why is Tjaden unafraid of the punishment that may follow his insults to Himmelstoss?
10. Why does Kantorek's letter make the men angry? Why do you think the men have become old?
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