BattleBook+Hyun+Sun

All Quiet on the Western Front 
 * 10 Battle of the Book Type Questions**

1. During what time period did this book take place?

2. Who convinced Paul and his friends to fight in the war?

3. What were the conditions like living in the "camps"? (beginning of the chapter)

4. Who were Paul's friends? What age were they? How were they so close?

5. Who dies later in the war? (one of Paul's friends)

6. When Paul goes back to his house, how did he feel going back?

7. When Kemmerich gets injured, what does Paul say?

8. How were Paul's family conditions like when Paul goes back home?

9. What do the French women say to Paul and his friends?

10. What happened to Paul at the end of the book?


 * More Difficult Questions**

1. How does Paul think about his future? Does he have any plans for his future? What would have led him to be that way?

2. Why would some people go crazy living in the war conditions? (example. during the night, Paul discovers that one of the fellows cannot stand the war conditions and he is "home-sick")

3. Why would have Paul did not want to tell the descriptions of Kemmerich's death to Kemmerich's mother?

4. How does Paul feel when he sees dead soldiers during the war?

5. What do Paul and his friends think about the purpose of the war? for whom did they think it was for? What do you think is the purpose of a war? Explain.