2. What is it that is coming for Joe as he leaves Paris?
(a) A birthday cake.
(b) A letter from Kareen.
(c) Two pairs of new pants.
(d) A German bomb.

3. What does Joe think is the key to figuring out time?
(a) The nurses' visits.
(b) Asking for a Braille watch.
(c) Asking for a clock that vibrates as it ticks.
(d) Figuring up how many times he goes to sleep.

4. What does the day nurse do with Joe?
(a) Slaps him on the chest to communicate.
(b) Sedates him.
(c) Tries to calm him.
(d) Get him to sit up.

5. Why does Joe think he might be in an English hospital?
(a) It's the closest hospital.
(b) He heard British accents right before he went deaf.
(c) He was in the trenches with English soldiers.
(d) The smell is of the English heather.

6. How does Joe feel after the man tells him what he says in question #175?
(a) He is joyfully surprised.
(b) He feels supported.
(c) He is hopeful.
(d) He has no hope.

7. What does Joe think the hospital wants to do?
(a) Use him for doctors to practice on.
(b) Help him die.
(c) Use him to teach nurses.
(d) Keep him in darkness.

8. Who comes in with the nurse?
(a) A priest.
(b) A man who knows Morse Code.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Another nurse.

9. What does Joe feel as the man prods him?
(a) A warmth.
(b) Cold, like ice.
(c) A sting on his stump.
(d) Sharp, jagged pain.

10. What happens the third year Joe is in the hospital?
(a) He is moved to a new room.
(b) His mother is found.
(c) They find out who he is.
(d) He begins to hear a little.

11. Where does Joe say they can take him?
(a) To hell.
(b) Home.
(c) To the zoo.
(d) To be viewed by those who make decisions about war.

12. What does Joe believe he must do now?
(a) Figure out how much of his body is left.
(b) Figure out where he is.
(c) Try again to kill himself.
(d) Learn how to think.

13. What does the day nurse do that brings Joe pleasure?
(a) Talks to him.
(b) Soothes his brow.
(c) Massage him.
(d) Gives him sexual relief with her hands.

14. What does Joe realize about why they respond to what he is saying?
(a) They are afraid men will refuse to fight anymore.
(b) They think he needs more time to recover.
(c) They think he is insane.
(d) They do not care.

15. What does Joe believe is about to happen?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A throng of people coming to rejoice with him.
(c) Being moved to an insane asylum.
(d) Being sent home.