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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What time does Kovic wake up in the morning?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

4. For which sports team did Kovic try out?
(a) Yankees.
(b) Raiders.
(c) Browns.
(d) Pirates.

5. What patient often feeds the unwanted visitors?
(a) Kovic.
(b) Briggs.
(c) Meyers.
(d) Johnson.

6. What was the name of the staff member that performed the procedure?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Richard.
(d) Grant.

7. What is used to transport the character?
(a) Stretcher.
(b) Boat.
(c) Helicopter.
(d) Jeep.

8. What was the boy's last name?
(a) Briggs.
(b) Johannsen.
(c) Goodman.
(d) Williams.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Kovic graduate?

2. Where was Kovic's bus headed?

3. What ward was Kovic placed in at the hospital?

4. Where is Kovic sent after leaving the hospital?

5. The next thing the character notices is that what item is missing?

(see the answer keys)

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