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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 has a terrible headache.
(b) He is expecting a call.
(c) He hates phones on general principle.
(d) He hates the tone the phone makes.

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

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

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

5. What does Joe wonder about when he thinks of the foxhole?
(a) The other guys in it.
(b) Whether it was American bombs.
(c) What hit them.
(d) How the Germans found them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What skill do Joe and his friends master?

3. How does Joe feel about the war?

4. What did Joe think when he read THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII?

5. In what month is Joe's birthday?

(see the answer key)

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