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

2. What does Joe find out when someone finally answers the phone?
(a) His younger sister is gone.
(b) His girlfriend is in the hospital.
(c) His father has died.
(d) His mother has died.

3. How does Joe figure out that he is deaf?
(a) He can't hear his pulse.
(b) He can't hear his mother.
(c) He can's hear any music.
(d) He can't hear the doctors.

4. What does his girlfriend's father tell him to do the night before he leaves?
(a) To marry his daughter.
(b) To take her to bed.
(c) To get some sleep.
(d) To get his daughter with child.

5. What does Joe see in the snow as he thinks of his life?
(a) His sisters building a snowman.
(b) The branches of the trees covered in white.
(c) His brother throwing snowballs at him.
(d) His father pulling his mother on a sled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe wonder about when he thinks of the foxhole?

2. What skill do Joe and his friends master?

3. What type of musical instrument does Joe's mother play?

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

5. What happened to Joe's left arm?

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