2. How does Joe think he can count sunrises?
(a) Because of the warming on his skin.
(b) When a nurse first comes after a long time without.
(c) When they first feed him after being without.
(d) When the doctor comes in and takes his pulse.

3. What is Joe's thought about the question?
(a) He wants to go home.
(b) He doesn't want to give his name.
(c) He is terrible.
(d) He wants out.

4. What does Joe need most?
(a) A room with a view.
(b) Death.
(c) Someone to love him.
(d) Room to breathe.

5. How does Joe feel after the man who he has been talking to leaves?
(a) Full of misgivings.
(b) Empty.
(c) Elated.
(d) Angry.

6. Who is afraid for her baby?
(a) Joe's mother.
(b) The nurse.
(c) Mary.
(d) Joe's grandmother.

7. What does Joe do when he sees Christ in the desert?
(a) Begs to die.
(b) Throws himself down and cries.
(c) Slaps him in the face.
(d) Runs away from him.

8. What does Joe ask of God?
(a) To help him live.
(b) To help the nurse understand Joe is communicating.
(c) To help him die.
(d) Nothing.

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

10. What does Bonham sense as this chapter opens?
(a) That there is much bustle in the halls.
(b) That the hospital is under attack.
(c) That he is dying.
(d) That a new nurse is caring for him.

11. 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) The smell is of the English heather.
(d) He was in the trenches with English soldiers.

12. What does Joe do when he realizes he can feel the dawn?
(a) He relaxes and sings in his mind.
(b) He flips over.
(c) He starts to count minutes.
(d) He feels sad he can't see it.

13. What would be the advantage of people seeing Joe?
(a) It would be educational.
(b) They would believe in God and miracles.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They would know the advances of modern medicines.

14. How often do bath and bed changes occur in relationship to nurse's visits?
(a) Every four visits.
(b) Every twelve visits.
(c) He's not sure.
(d) Every ten visits.

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