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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joe first start trying to keep track of time?
(a) Counting hours.
(b) Counting minutes.
(c) Counting seconds.
(d) Counting the number of times the door opens.

2. Why is everyone in Bethlehem in the story Joe's mother reads?
(a) Paying taxes.
(b) To watch an eclipse of the sun.
(c) To flee the Romans.
(d) To go to a Christmas pageant.

3. Why won't the Scotchman fight the Bavarian?
(a) His father is Bavarian.
(b) His mother is Bavarian.
(c) He is related to the Bavarian crown prince.
(d) He thinks their crown prince is the rightful king of England.

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

5. Where does Lucky have her son?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Florida.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) London.

6. What direction does Joe face in his third year in the hospital?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

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

8. What is Joe's reaction to the nurse's communication?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Despondency.
(d) Joy.

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

10. What does Joe realize now that he has "trapped" time?
(a) He can count minutes.
(b) He will know sunset too.
(c) Dawn can never be taken away from him.
(d) He will always know what time it is.

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

12. Why does Joe decide a particular day is New Year's Day?
(a) He just felt like having a holiday.
(b) He feels fireworks.
(c) He has had 4765 baths.
(d) He has counted 365 days.

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

14. Why does Joe listening to a hooker feel dumb?
(a) She corrects his grammar.
(b) She is well traveled.
(c) He doesn't know anything about sex.
(d) She talks about books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joe feel after the man who he has been talking to leaves?

2. What do the Americans wish they were drinking?

3. How long does Joe figure it will take for him to feel warmth on his skin?

4. To what does Joe compare himself?

5. What does the day nurse do with Joe?

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