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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe do when Harper tells him Diane went out with Hogan?
(a) Asks Diane if it is the truth.
(b) Gets drunk.
(c) Hit him and call him a liar.
(d) Goes after Hogan.

2. What does Joe think he has to do first in order to kill himself?
(a) Get a hold of a gun.
(b) Learn to communicate.
(c) Make friends with the nurse.
(d) Flip over.

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

4. What is Joe trying to stop?
(a) From thinking.
(b) From wanting to see his mother.
(c) From wondering where he is.
(d) All the fading, rushing, smothering, sinking, and rising.

5. What did his girlfriend ask him when he was drafted?
(a) To go to Canada.
(b) To carry her scarf.
(c) To run away to Mexico.
(d) Not to go.

6. What does Joe feel under all of his bandages?
(a) Feeling a burning sensation.
(b) Coolness.
(c) Itching.
(d) Sweating.

7. How does Joe figure out that he is deaf?
(a) He can't hear the doctors.
(b) He can't hear his pulse.
(c) He can's hear any music.
(d) He can't hear his mother.

8. What does Joe realize when he asks Jose to come closer to him?
(a) He's been dreaming.
(b) Jose is in Germany.
(c) Jose can't walk either.
(d) Jose is dead.

9. What did his parents use when they were courting?
(a) Sending messages with friends.
(b) A bulletin board at school.
(c) A party line telephone.
(d) Notes passed by their parents.

10. What does Joe decide when he first figures out he has no arms?
(a) He can learn to use his legs.
(b) He can get hooks.
(c) He will have to have a patient wife.
(d) He can use his mouth.

11. What does Joe want the nurses to do so he doesn't feel like he's drowning?
(a) To prop him up.
(b) To wipe the sweat off his face.
(c) To lay him out flat.
(d) To put him in a chair.

12. When does Joe become aware of the war?
(a) When they move to Los Angeles.
(b) When he hears it on the radio.
(c) When his father is called up.
(d) When he is drafted.

13. What does Joe think war is for the doctors?
(a) They are indifferent to it.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Horrible.
(d) Wonderful.

14. What does Joe think he should have done about Diane instead rushing out to work in the desert?
(a) Moved to New York.
(b) Found another girl.
(c) Forgiven her.
(d) Beaten up Hogan.

15. What did Joe hear about Harper and his fortunes in the war?
(a) He was killed.
(b) He was made a captain.
(c) He was never drafted.
(d) He was injured and sent home.

Short Answer Questions

1. After he finds out he has no mouth, teeth or palate what does he realize?

2. What happened to Joe's left arm?

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

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

5. What did the doctors use to put in a window of a guy who had his stomach blown away?

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