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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to the coal miner who returned home badly wounded?
(a) He shot himself.
(b) His wife killed him.
(c) He died from eating an apple.
(d) He fell into a coal mine.

3. What do some of the soldiers in France do that are too scared to talk?
(a) Talk like a two year old.
(b) Go catatonic.
(c) Act like dogs.
(d) Scream all night.

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

5. What does Jose want to know from the rest of the workers at the bakery?
(a) Where to get a map of Los Angeles.
(b) How to get into the movies.
(c) How to quit his job gracefully.
(d) How to drive a car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Joe worry about lack of appetite?

3. What did his girlfriend ask him when he was drafted?

4. Why does Joe think he may be lucky not having a nose?

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

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