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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the man who vomits and curses at everyone?
(a) John.
(b) Lester.
(c) Pat.
(d) Frank.

3. Kovic wonders if the reason for the surgery is:
(a) False.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Divine intervention.
(d) A necessity.

4. Kovic discusses his childhood opinion on which topic?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Communists.
(d) War.

5. How does the soldier feel about having survived the attack?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Nothing.

6. The story begins in what location?
(a) Psych ward.
(b) Battlefield.
(c) Hospital.
(d) Parents' home.

7. What is fed to the visitors?
(a) Pudding.
(b) Bread.
(c) Asparagus.
(d) Rice.

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

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

10. What unwanted person or thing occupies the ward?
(a) Rats.
(b) Children.
(c) Captain.
(d) Ants.

11. According to the soldiers the officer seems to be:
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Bored.
(c) Worried.
(d) Insensitive.

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

13. What was the name of Kovic's brother?
(a) Kenny.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Jerome.

14. What is the man's surname?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Cuomo.
(c) Rockefeller.
(d) Johnson.

15. In what year did Kovic join the marines?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dick?

2. What is on the person's jacket?

3. In what month did Kovic join the marines?

4. How does the character feel at this point?

5. Kovic refers to the other soldiers as:

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