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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. Why does Howie wake Joe up when they have gone to bed for the night?
(a) To give him dinner.
(b) To show him a telegram.
(c) To get him to go out to the bar.
(d) To get him to stop snoring.

2. After he finds out he has no mouth, teeth or palate what does he realize?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) He can't swallow.
(d) He can't find his tongue.

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

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

5. Where did Joe and his friends swim in Colorado?
(a) At a lake.
(b) In the river.
(c) A a swimming hole.
(d) In a big ditch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe decide when he figures out he's deaf?

2. What does Joe weep about for the first time?

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

4. What does Joe want the nurses to do so he doesn't feel like he's drowning?

5. What did his parents use when they were courting?

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