View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Joe Bonham wish someone would pick up the phone?
(a) He hates the tone the phone makes.
(b) He hates phones on general principle.
(c) He is expecting a call.
(d) He has a terrible headache.

2. When does Joe become aware of the war?
(a) When he hears it on the radio.
(b) When he is drafted.
(c) When his father is called up.
(d) When they move to Los Angeles.

3. What happened to Joe's left arm?
(a) It was burned badly.
(b) It was amputated at the elbow.
(c) It was broken.
(d) It was cut off at the shoulder.

4. What does Joe think about his head as he lays in the bed?
(a) It is too messed up.
(b) It is too heavy.
(c) The shell should have hit his head.
(d) It is too badly injured for him to live.

5. What did his girlfriend ask him when he was drafted?
(a) To run away to Mexico.
(b) To carry her scarf.
(c) To go to Canada.
(d) Not to go.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What famous person flies into Joe's hometown one day?

3. How does Joe figure he can communicate since he is deaf?

4. Where is the desert in which Joe is working?

5. What does Joe finally realize towards the end of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 269 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample