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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe do when he realizes he has a number of visitors?
(a) Spits at them.
(b) Gets very quiet and calm.
(c) Starts to rock his body.
(d) Jerks his head around to dislodge his mask.

2. What does Joe compare himself to now, in the hospital?
(a) An angel.
(b) A prisoner.
(c) A medical miracle.
(d) A corpse.

3. Why does Joe say Americans are different from Frenchmen or Englishmen?
(a) They laugh more.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They are more sensitive to others.
(d) They love better.

4. What does Bonham sense as this chapter opens?
(a) That there is much bustle in the halls.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) That the hospital is under attack.
(d) That a new nurse is caring for him.

5. What does Joe decide he needs to offer?
(a) An idea of how it is to suffer wounds they way he has.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Permission for them to kill him.
(d) A means of paying for his own upkeep.

6. What do the Americans wish they were drinking?
(a) American beer.
(b) Corn whiskey.
(c) Soda pop.
(d) Vodka.

7. How long does Joe figure it will take for him to feel warmth on his skin?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) Half a year.
(c) Several days.
(d) A couple of months.

8. In Joe's dream what can Jesus do?
(a) Miracles.
(b) Anything but hit a twelve.
(c) Serve brandy.
(d) Restore Joe's arms and legs.

9. What does Joe think about his teachers?
(a) They never taught him anything.
(b) He wonders what they would think of him now.
(c) He learned a lot from them.
(d) He remembers they thought he was dumb.

10. What does Joe think about his mother reading?
(a) "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
(b) An answer to who he is.
(c) The tale of Jesus's crucifixion.
(d) "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."

11. Why won't the Scotchman fight the Bavarian?
(a) His mother is Bavarian.
(b) His father is Bavarian.
(c) He thinks their crown prince is the rightful king of England.
(d) He is related to the Bavarian crown prince.

12. What does Joe realize about patches of skin on his neck and forehead?
(a) They are beginning to heal.
(b) They itch.
(c) They are scaly.
(d) Some are uncovered and healthy.

13. What does Joe feel as the man prods him?
(a) Cold, like ice.
(b) Sharp, jagged pain.
(c) A sting on his stump.
(d) A warmth.

14. How long does Joe think he's been unaware of time?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) He doesn't know.

15. What does Joe do when he sees Christ in the desert?
(a) Throws himself down and cries.
(b) Begs to die.
(c) Runs away from him.
(d) Slaps him in the face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does talking to Lucky bring Joe?

2. Where does Joe say they can take him?

3. What is one thing Joe says can be invented as a result of others seeing him?

4. Who comes in with the nurse?

5. How does Joe feel after the man who he has been talking to leaves?

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