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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe decide when he figures out he's deaf?
(a) He can learn to read lips.
(b) He can get a hearing aid.
(c) He won't have to listen to his wife nag.
(d) He didn't like music anyway.

2. 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 the tone the phone makes.
(d) He hates phones on general principle.

3. When he wants to kill himself by not breathing what does he find out?
(a) His breathing is beyond his control.
(b) He passes out before dying.
(c) He is strapped down so he can't move.
(d) He can't hold his breath.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the biggest event of the year in Joe's hometown?

2. How does Joe figure out that he is deaf?

3. What does Joe decide when he first figures out he has no arms?

4. What does Superintendent of School Hargraves say about the airplane?

5. What is happening in Joe's mind as he lays in bed?

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