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

2. What does Joe finally realize towards the end of Chapter 3?
(a) He has lost both arms.
(b) He has lost his mother's letter.
(c) He can't move his legs.
(d) He is in America.

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

4. What did his parents use when they were courting?
(a) A party line telephone.
(b) Sending messages with friends.
(c) A bulletin board at school.
(d) Notes passed by their parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Joe wish as he goes to bed?

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

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