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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Kovic at this point?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 19.
(d) 20.

2. Kovic begins to:
(a) Write letters.
(b) Lie.
(c) Plan an escape.
(d) Whimper.

3. What ward was Kovic placed in at the hospital?
(a) Intensive Care Unit.
(b) Psychiatric.
(c) Neurological.
(d) Pediatric.

4. Who was not among the people killed?
(a) Villagers.
(b) Children.
(c) Corporal.
(d) Kovic's brother.

5. What word does not describe the hospital?
(a) Unsanitary.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Madhouse.
(d) Bright.

6. What sports team did Kovic join first in school?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Track.
(c) Football.
(d) Wrestling.

7. The government promises to give what to the men?
(a) New clothes.
(b) Pensions.
(c) Discharges.
(d) Machines.

8. What was Mr. Kovic's job?
(a) Cab driver.
(b) Checker.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Journalist.

9. Kovic compares the shower to:
(a) A car wash.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Swimming.
(d) A bad dream.

10. In what branch of the military is the soldier enlisted?
(a) Coast Guard.
(b) Marines.
(c) Army.
(d) Navy.

11. Men from what other war are in the same hospital?
(a) WWI.
(b) WWII.
(c) Civil War.
(d) Korea.

12. What reaction does the character have to the situation at hand?
(a) He continues to fight.
(b) He passes out.
(c) He throws up.
(d) He runs away.

13. What does Kovic do when he first stands up for his mother?
(a) Cries.
(b) Faints.
(c) Falls down.
(d) Vomits.

14. What year did Kovic graduate?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1968.

15. On what day was the character born?
(a) May 10.
(b) August 3.
(c) December 25.
(d) July 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the other drill sergeant?

2. What is the soldier's rank?

3. What was the boy's last name?

4. In what year was the character born?

5. In what uncomfortable place does Kovic have to wear a tube?

(see the answer keys)

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