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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What part of the body is most affected?
(a) Legs.
(b) Liver.
(c) Head.
(d) Brain.

3. Which activity interested the boys when they weren't playing outside?
(a) Movies.
(b) Books.
(c) TV.
(d) Board games.

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

5. Who visits the soldier before surgery?
(a) Parents.
(b) Minister.
(c) Priest.
(d) General.

6. Kovic wants to believe that the score is:
(a) Erased.
(b) In his favor.
(c) Nonexistent.
(d) Even.

7. The hospital was named after which saint?
(a) Peter.
(b) Therese.
(c) Paul.
(d) Alban.

8. What was given to the soldier before surgery?
(a) A photograph.
(b) Advice.
(c) Last Rites.
(d) Bad news.

9. In what month did Kovic join the marines?
(a) May.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) June.

10. What was the name of the other drill sergeant?
(a) Mullins.
(b) Mitchell.
(c) Ferguson.
(d) Josephs.

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

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

13. What type of patients are in with Kovic?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Schizophrenic.
(c) Children.
(d) Soldiers.

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

15. Where was Kovic's bus headed?
(a) Queens.
(b) Bronx.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Newark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Kovic's staff sergeant?

2. What activity was routine for Kovic on Saturday nights?

3. What was the boy's last name?

4. What is the man's surname?

5. What is the name of the soldier that can no longer speak?

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