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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Joe realize that he can't tell the difference between?
(a) Pain and feeling good.
(b) Hot and cold.
(c) Night and day.
(d) Dreaming and being awake.

3. What does Joe weep about for the first time?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) Working in the desert.
(c) Going to war.
(d) A girl.

4. Why are Joe and Howie laying track in the desert?
(a) They need money for school.
(b) His father got him the job.
(c) They want to build up their muscles.
(d) Things were out of control at home.

5. How does he name the days of the week and months?
(a) In French.
(b) So he can celebrate holidays.
(c) Like the Germans name them.
(d) Like they name them in Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe believe he must do now?

2. Why does Joe think he is masked?

3. What kind of flowers do the kids gather for May Day?

4. Why won't the doctors kill Joe now?

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

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