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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. Where is Kovic sent after leaving the hospital?
(a) Home.
(b) Back to the village.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Tokyo.

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

3. Who is the first character mentioned?
(a) McCarthy.
(b) Kovic.
(c) Muller.
(d) Zimmer.

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

5. What was the name of the award received?
(a) Conspicuous Service.
(b) Silver Cross.
(c) Meritorius Service.
(d) Badge of Valor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dick?

2. What is the character's first name?

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

4. What was the name of the other drill sergeant?

5. According to the soldiers the officer seems to be:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When is Kovic's birthday and what is its significance?

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

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

5. What is the opinion of Kovic by the Legionnaires and the government?

6. Discuss Kovic's religious childhood rituals.

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

8. Discuss Kovic's views on Communism and the space race.

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

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

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