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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item is given to the soldiers?
(a) Discharge papers.
(b) Purple heart.
(c) Bad news.
(d) Anesthesia.

2. What part of the body did the bullet hit?
(a) Hip.
(b) Head.
(c) Shoulder.
(d) Ankle.

3. Who is Jimmy?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Kovic's younger brother.
(c) Friend.
(d) Therapist.

4. Which game was commonly played by the boys at night?
(a) Mother May I?
(b) Tag.
(c) Red Light, Green Light.
(d) Simon Says.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does not describe the hospital?

2. What time does Kovic wake up in the morning?

3. How does the soldier feel about having survived the attack?

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

5. Where is Kovic sent after leaving the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first thing Kovic notices missing when he wakes up on the battlefield?

2. Discuss some of Kovic's trials and tribulations as a teenager.

3. Describe Kovic's first morning in the hospital.

4. What is Kovic's response to the doctor's request for information?

5. What are Kovic's physical therapy instructions?

6. What was going on around Kovic during the time?

7. How does Kovic refer to the other soldiers in the hospital?

8. Discuss Kovic's religious childhood rituals.

9. What information does Kovic not share with his family?

10. What is the atmosphere like on the bus in Queens?

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