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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. In what year was the character born?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1942.

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

3. What medical procedure did Kovic have to face on the first day?
(a) Colonoscopy.
(b) Heart surgery.
(c) Enema.
(d) Delousing.

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

5. What is on the person's jacket?
(a) Stripes.
(b) Mud.
(c) Ants.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used to transport the character?

2. In what branch of the military is the soldier enlisted?

3. Kovic refers to the other soldiers as:

4. Where was Kovic's bus headed?

5. What was the boy's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Kovic what is one possible reason that he was injured?

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

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

4. Describe the scene during which Kovic arrives at St. Albans.

5. Explain the opening scene in the book BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY by Ron Kovic.

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

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

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

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

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

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