Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapter 1

Reading Check

1. What is the narrator’s name?

2. Which wounded comrade are the soldiers going to visit in the opening chapter?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Describe the character Kantorek’s relationship to the young soldiers. What is his significance in the early chapters?

2. What article of clothing is discussed at the end of the chapter, and why?

Chapter 2

Reading Check

1. What did Paul aspire to be before he became a soldier?

2. To what corporal were Paul and his friends assigned?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does Paul distinguish between the war’s effect on young men versus older men?

Chapter 3

Reading Check

1. Who does Tjaden tell the others is coming to the front?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What does Paul admire about Katczinsky?

2. Why does Tjaden have a “special grudge” against Himmelstoss?

Chapter 4

Reading Check

1. Who is in a good mood for once at the beginning of this chapter?

2.