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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 did Joe's father ask him when he arrives at home?
(a) If he can go to the store.
(b) Why he worked only one day on the rail job.
(c) If he is staying in for the night.
(d) Where Diane is.

2. What does Joe wish as he goes to bed?
(a) That Diane knew he was home.
(b) That he had a dog.
(c) They would take him out and shoot him.
(d) That his mother would talk with him about Diane.

3. Why does Bonham think he is dying?
(a) He is hot and shaky.
(b) He is being ignored by the hospital staff.
(c) He wants to die so he denies he can live.
(d) No one can lose so much of oneself and live.

4. What happens when Joe tries to yell?
(a) He has no tongue.
(b) He has a sore throat.
(c) His larynx is gone.
(d) He realizes he has no mouth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe want to do most as he is lying in bed injured?

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

3. What does Joe do when he finally realizes the full extent of his injuries?

4. Why are Joe and Howie laying track in the desert?

5. What do the workers tell Jose to do?

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