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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapters 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the desert in which Joe is working?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Utah.
(c) California.
(d) New Mexico.

2. Joe would think he was dead except why?
(a) He can feel his breathing.
(b) He shouldn't go to hell and where he is must be hell.
(c) He is thinking and curious.
(d) He can't see anyone else.

3. What does Joe think is the only important thing he has left?
(a) Feeling the nurse.
(b) Thinking clearly.
(c) Having his mother there.
(d) Being awake.

4. How does Joe feel when the nurse is washing him?
(a) Safe and snug.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) In pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe think he has to do first in order to kill himself?

2. What does Joe think about the fact that they cut off his arm?

3. With what does Joe compare his situation right now?

4. What do the doctors consider Joe to be?

5. What type of musical instrument does Joe's mother play?

(see the answer key)

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