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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Joe think he might be in an English hospital?
(a) The smell is of the English heather.
(b) He heard British accents right before he went deaf.
(c) He was in the trenches with English soldiers.
(d) It's the closest hospital.

2. What happened to the coal miner who returned home badly wounded?
(a) He shot himself.
(b) He fell into a coal mine.
(c) His wife killed him.
(d) He died from eating an apple.

3. What is Joe trying to figure out how to tell his father when they go camping?
(a) He hates to camp.
(b) He wants to go hunting.
(c) Bill Harper is coming to fish with Joe.
(d) He hates to fish.

4. When he wants to kill himself by not breathing what does he find out?
(a) He can't hold his breath.
(b) He is strapped down so he can't move.
(c) He passes out before dying.
(d) His breathing is beyond his control.

5. Where is the desert in which Joe is working?
(a) Utah.
(b) Arizona.
(c) California.
(d) New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the visitors leave with Joe?

2. How does Joe know time has passed?

3. What does Joe compare himself to now, in the hospital?

4. How does he feel about slaves shackled in Roman ships?

5. When does Joe become aware of the war?

(see the answer key)

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