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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Joe think when he read THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII?
(a) That it must have been awful for the people.
(b) A mountain had blown up trapping him in the lava.
(c) That he would never live near a volcano.
(d) It was a quick, easy way to die.

3. In what month is Joe's birthday?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) May.
(d) July.

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

5. What does Joe think about the fact that they cut off his arm?
(a) He still has the right arm.
(b) He's glad it wasn't his right arm.
(c) They should have asked him first.
(d) He can always walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the first snowfall usually happen where Joe grew up?

2. What does his girlfriend's father tell him to do the night before he leaves?

3. Why is Joe not too upset about being deaf?

4. What kind of flowers do the kids gather for May Day?

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

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