Johnny Got His Gun | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Book 1: Chapters 1-3

1. Why does Joe Bonham wish someone would pick up the phone?

He has a terrible headache.

2. What does Joe find out when someone finally answers the phone?

His father has died.

3. What did Joe think when he read THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII?

A mountain had blown up trapping him in the lava.

4. What does Joe feel under all of his bandages?

Sweating.

5. How does Joe figure out that he is deaf?

He can't hear his pulse.

6. What does Joe wonder about when he thinks of the foxhole?

The other guys in it.

7. How does Joe figure he can communicate since he is deaf?

In writing.

8. Why is Joe not too upset about being deaf?

He won't be able to hear the war.

9. Where did Joe and his friends swim in Colorado?

In a big...
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