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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Joe tries to yell?
(a) He realizes he has no mouth.
(b) He has no tongue.
(c) His larynx is gone.
(d) He has a sore throat.

2. What does Superintendent of School Hargraves say about the airplane?
(a) Man wasn't made to fly.
(b) It's too noisy.
(c) It makes a lot of smoke and stinks.
(d) It's mankind's greatest step forward in a hundred years.

3. Where is the desert in which Joe is working?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Utah.
(c) Arizona.
(d) California.

4. What is happening in Joe's mind as he lays in bed?
(a) He thinks about when he's going to leave the hospital.
(b) All his memories are melting together.
(c) He hasn't got enough of a mind to think.
(d) He is still in the foxhole.

5. Why is Joe not too upset about being deaf?
(a) His brother can't yell at him.
(b) He didn't like music.
(c) His girlfriend can't nag him.
(d) He won't be able to hear the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe realize when he tries to kick the blankets off?

2. What did Joe's father ask him when he arrives at home?

3. Why does Joe Bonham wish someone would pick up the phone?

4. What does Joe realize when he asks Jose to come closer to him?

5. What does Joe go to the store for on Saturdays?

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