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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. Kovic claims to have been in Vietnam how many times?
(a) Three times.
(b) Twice.
(c) Once.
(d) Four times.

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

3. What was the name of the kid Kovic often spent time in the summers?
(a) Good.
(b) Whipple.
(c) Zimmerman.
(d) Cooke.

4. How do the men refer to Willey?
(a) "Worthless."
(b) "A vegetable"
(c) "A lost cause"
(d) "Just a head."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was given to the soldier before surgery?

2. What was the first name of the boy that often played with Kovic?

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

4. What word does not describe the hospital?

5. Which activity interested the boys when they weren't playing outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the scene in which the general visits the soldiers in hospital.

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

3. What was a favorite childhood sport of Kovic's?

4. Where did the boys often play? What was their fantasy?

5. What is the first experience Kovic has when he awakens in the hospital?

6. Who interrupts Kovic's dream? Why?

7. What did Kovic do during the summer months? Who was often with him during that time?

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

9. Discuss Kovic's religious childhood rituals.

10. What causes Kovic to lie about his belief in the war?

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