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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. How does Joe feel about the war?
(a) He doesn't have an opinion.
(b) He thinks it will be interesting.
(c) He's ready to go.
(d) He doesn't think it has anything to do with him.

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

3. What type of musical instrument does Joe's mother play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Violin.
(c) Cello.
(d) Organ.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does his girlfriend's father do in the morning on his departure day?

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

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

5. What skill do Joe and his friends master?

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