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A. Tjaden

B. Westhus

C. Kropp

D. Kat

Himmelstoss is a power-hungry corporal with special contempt for Paul and his friends, taking sadistic pleasure in punishing the minor infractions of his trainees during their basic training in preparation for their deployment. He often teases Tjaden and Kindervater about their bed-wetting and make them sleep under one another.

A. A conjugal visit.

B. A birthday party.

C. For him to go home.

D. To assist him commit suicide.

Johann Lewandowski is a Polish soldier and the oldest patient in the hospital who has suffered a serious abdominal wound. Thrilled with a letter from his wife, Marja, he longs to see her and the child who was born during his two-year absence. Propped on a pillow after Marja arrives, Johann and his wife make love while the men play skat; two other men watch for intruders and Albert tends the baby.

A. As Paul carries him back to the camp.

B. When a truce is declared and the war is over.

C. After a gas attack.

D. As he and Paul are talking.

Kat is shot in the leg at the end of the story, just before Bäumer himself is killed. Bäumer carries him back to camp on his back, only to discover upon their arrival that a shell fragment had hit Kat in the head and killed him on the way. He is thus the last of Paul's close friends to die in battle. It is Kat's death that eventually makes Bäumer careless whether he survives the war or not.

A. Shell shock caused by being bombarded too many times.

B. He discovers his wife has died.

C. His leg is amputated.

D. He contracts syphilis.

Kropp is wounded towards the end of the novel and undergoes an amputation. Both he and Bäumer end up spending time in a Roman Catholic hospital together, Bäumer suffering from shrapnel wounds to the leg and arm. Though Kropp initially plans to commit suicide if he requires an amputation, the book suggests he eventually decides against it.

A. Printer.

B. Politician.

C. Student.

D. Baker.

After killing Duval Paul learns more about him by rummaging through his wallet, locating letters and pictures of his family, and learning that he worked as a typesetter. Paul regrets the death, noting “the dead man might have had thirty more years of life if only I had impressed the way back to our trench more sharply on my memory.” The crazed monologue continues, with Paul vowing to write to Duval’s wife, begging forgiveness, and seeking an illogical atonement by promising to become a printer.

A. Cancer.

B. Influenza.

C. Diabetes.

D. Pneumonia.

While at home on leave Paul discovers his mother has cancer.