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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is dead?

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

3. How does Paul kill the man in the shell-hole?

4. What does Kropp have at home?

5. What do the men decide to do after seeing the poster?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comes over Paul as he lies in the shell-hole? What reassures him?

2. How does the French girl make Baumer feel?

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

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

5. What does Baumer expect to face when the war ends? What does he not know?

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

7. Baumer states that when men are living so close to death, life is only expressed in a certain way. How does he say life is expressed? How has Paul changed?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character from the novel and write an essay explaining:

1 - How he displayed bravery or helped the others.

2 - The qualities that this individual displayed that others can learn from.

3 - This character's opinion of the war.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the causes of World War I, including a time-line of events, and all the responsible people, parties, and governments.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that explains what you would do to help yourself overcome traumatic memories.

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