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Our narrator; he's about 18 when he enters the war; is killed at the Western Front
Who is Paul Baumer?
100
A farmer who is thought to have deserted the army to return to his farm; cries over wounded horses.
Who is Detering?
100
This is the country for which Paul and his comrades are fighting.
What is Germany?
100
This soldier has the philosophy, "Give 'em all the same rations and all the same pay, and the war would be over and done in a day."
Who is Kat?
100
This is the army that Paul and his comrades were fighting against.
What is the French?
200
About 40 years old; a shoe-maker; knows how to find food where there is none.
Who is Kat?
200
A training officer who was a postman before the war; disliked by the whole group; panics while at the front
Who is Himmelstoss?
200
This is the person that encouraged Paul and his group of friends to join the war effort
Who is Kantorek?
200
This is who the soldiers get revenge on before they leave for the front by blindfolding, pushing into the mud, and beating his backside with a cane.
Who is Himmelstoss?
200
This is the illness that Paul's mother is suffering from.
What is cancer?
300
The clearest thinker of the group; is wounded at the same time as Paul.
Who is Albert Kropp?
300
Referred to his students as "Iron Youth"; personifies the mistrust that the soldiers felt toward authority.
Who is Kantorek?
300
This is the reason that the company commander orders the cook to serve all 150 rations of the company
What is the men deserved the extra rations?
300
When a new recruit is wounded badly, Paul and Kat try to do this, but can't.
What is put him out of his misery?
300
Paul goes to see Kemmerich's mother to tell her about his death. Does he tell the truth or lie?
What is lie?
400
A skinny locksmith; he was the biggest eater of the company; hates Himmelstoss
Who is Tjaden?
400
Is wounded in the leg, which is amputated; leaves his boots to Muller.
Who is Kemmerich?
400
According to Paul, this is the finest thing to come out of war.
What is comradeship?
400
This is how the soldiers kill the rats that infest the trenches.
What is make a pile of moldy bread, then smash them with shovels?
400
The two butterflies that Paul sees serve as a contrast to this violent sight.
What is the fighting on the front lines?
500
Carries his textbooks with him; dreams of examinations
Who is Muller?
500
A peat digger who can cover a whole loaf of bread in his hands.
Who is Haie Westhus?
500
When Muller says, "That's good preparation for the offensive," this is what he's referring to.
What are stacks of new coffins?
500
According to Paul, every soldier believes in _______ and trusts his luck.
What is Chance?
500
This is the reason that Paul will not jump into the bed on the train after he is wounded.
What is he is dirty and covered in lice?