All Quiet on the Western Front

Who gets Kemmerich’s boots after Müller dies?

• Paul
• Tjaden
• Kat
• Himmelstoss

What “wild, tormenting rumors” are in the air during the summer of 1918?

• That the men will be moved to Russia to continue fighting.
• That a surplus of food will soon be arriving for the troops.
• That the Kaiser has died.
• That the war might soon be over.

How does Detering react to the sight of the cherry tree?

• He is happy because cherries are his favorite fruit.
• He misses home so badly that he deserts the army.
• He chops it down for firewood.
• He picks a few cherry blossoms for one of the French girls.

Paul is "pinned down" all day and night in a shell hole with who?

• Tjaden
• Kat
• Himmelstoss
• a French soldier

When Paul goes home on leave, he feels

• relieved to be in a quiet place.
• comforted to be with his family.
• proud of his accomplishments as a soldier.
• ill at ease and estranged from his former activities.

How have Paul's feelings for his comrades changed once he is no longer on leave?

• He no longer likes being around them because he misses his family.
• His bond with the men has grown even stronger.
• He only wants to spend time alone now.
• He only wants to spend time alone now.

Why does Paul reconsider giving the potato-cakes his mother made for him to the prisoners?

• They were moldy.

• He realized he was hungry after all.

• He wanted to give them to Kat.

• He knew that his mother must have been in pain when she made them.

How do Paul and his friends reach the French women in Chapter 7?

• They cross a bridge.

• They take a boat.

• They swim.

• The ride horses.

What has happened to Kantorek?

• He died of a heart attack.
• He was forced is enlist and is serving under one of his former students.
• He was put in Paul’s company.
• He got married and moved away.

After Tjaden and Kropp “accidentally” spill the latrine bucket on Himmelstoss, how are they punished?

• with a court martial
• They are beaten.
• by assigning them to cleaning detail
• with three days’ open arrest