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All Quiet on the Western Front: Chapter 1 Review

1. What country is the narrator, Paul Baumer, from?

2. During what war is this story taking place?

3. Why did the army cook, Ginger, prepare so much food? What does he do with all of the extra food? (p.4)

4. What do the men have to get used to doing out in public? (p.7-9)

5. Why did these young men join the army? Who encouraged them? (p. 10-11)

6. What do the men witness during the war that makes them realize that war is not as grand as their teacher said it would be? (p. 12-13)

7. What happened to Franz Kemmerich? (p. 13-17)

8. What does Muller want form Kemmerich? Why? (p. 13-17)

9. What do Kemmerich’s friends try to do to help him? (p.17)

10. What does Paul mean when he says, “We are none of us more than twenty years old. But young? Youth? That is long ago. We are old folk.” (18)

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All Quiet on the Western Front: Chapter 2 Review

1. Why does Paul think the young single men in the war have it worse than the older men? (p. 19-20)

2. Who is the Corporal of platoon number 9? How long has he served? What was he before the war? (p. 23)

3. Give 3 examples of how Corporal Himmelstoss treated Paul during his training. (p. 23-24)

4. How do Albert Kropp and Paul Baumer get to Corporal Himmelstoss? How do the “win” and finally get some peace from him? (p. 25)

5. All of the training made the men touch and helped them develop a strong sense of

______________________________. (p. 27)

6. What happens to Kemmerich? What happens to his boots? (p. 27-32)

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All Quiet on the Western Front: Chapter 3 Review

1. What is so special about Katczinsky? What does he find for the men when they are cold and hungry? (p. 37-40)

2. What was Himmelstoss’ job before the war? (p.43)

3. According to Paul Baumer and Albert Kropp, why is Himmelstoss on such a power trip? (p.43-45)

4. Why does Tjaden have such a grudge against Himmelstoss? How did Himmelstoss punish Tjaden? (p. 45-46)

5. How did the men get back at Himmelstoss before leaving for the front? (p. 47-50)

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All Quiet on the Western Front: Chapter 4 Review

1. Paul and his platoon have to go on “wiring fatigue” (51) at the beginning of Chapter 4. What will he be doing? (Clues on bottom of page 59 and top of page 60).

2. Where are Paul and his platoon going in the middle of the night? (p. 51-53)a) home b) to the soup kitchen c) to the front

3. What prediction does Kat make on page 53? Why do the men believe him?

4. On page 55, what does Paul say is a soldier’s friend, brother, mother, and shelter?a) Life b) Earth c) comrades d) his bayonet

5. When Paul describes a soldier’s reaction when he is under attack, why does he say that they “become on the instant human animals?” (56) What does he mean?

6. Describe 2 things Paul notices when he gets dropped off at the front line. (p. 56-60)

7. Find one example of onomatopoeia on page 59. (Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the word it is describing)

8. What does the new recruit do when the platoon is under attack and how does Paul try to help him? (p. 61-62)

9. What unbearable sound do the men have to listen to on pages 62-64?a) wounded horses b) wounded soldiers c) shells whistling through the air

10. Where do the men take cover when they are under attack for the second time? (p. 66)a) the woods b) in the trucks c) in a cemetery

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Chapter 4 Review Continued

11. “I shoot as flat as a fish” (67) is an example of a(n):a) metaphor b) simile c) onomatopoia

12. Of what danger does Kat warn Paul? (p.67-68)

13. Write down the quote that describes what the gas looks like (top of page 69).

14. How does Paul make certain that it is safe for him to take off his gas mask? (p. 70)

15. Who is the wounded man on page 71-72? How does Paul know him?

16. What do Kat and Paul agree to do to help the wounded recruit? Why don’t they go through with it? (p. 72-73)

17. Read the quote below and explain what you think the rain signifies.

“Monotonously the lorries sway, monotonously come the calls, monotonously falls the rain. It falls on our heads and on the heads of the dead up in the line, on the body of the little recruit with the wound that is so much too big for his hip; it falls on Kemmerich’s grave; it falls in our hearts.” (74)

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