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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joe figure he can communicate since he is deaf?
(a) In writing.
(b) With sign language.
(c) He will use telepathy.
(d) He can still talk.

2. What does Joe say he is as far as a lottery for life?
(a) Someone who didn't buy a ticket.
(b) A lucky winner.
(c) One in a million loser.
(d) One in ten million loser.

3. Why does Joe think he may be lucky not having a nose?
(a) So it doesn't look funny with no mouth.
(b) So he can't breath.
(c) He always thought his nose was too big.
(d) So he can't smell himself.

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

5. Where did Joe and his friends swim in Colorado?
(a) In the river.
(b) In a big ditch.
(c) At a lake.
(d) A a swimming hole.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days has Joe been sick in his life?

2. In what month is Joe's birthday?

3. What does Joe want the nurses to do so he doesn't feel like he's drowning?

4. What does Superintendent of School Hargraves say about the airplane?

5. Why does Bonham think he is dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What idea does Pinky Carson come up with for Jose and how does that work out?

2. Why does Joe think he is dying and why does he know he is alive?

3. What doesn't Joe understand about being alive?

4. When is Joe's birthday; how did they celebrate; and what present did Glen give him one year? What came a few months after that present?

5. Where does Joe see Jose while he's lying in bed, what does he ask him and what does Joe figure out?

6. How far does Joe walk to get to the bakery and how much money does he make?

7. Why does he worry about a ring? What kind of ring is it and who gave it to him?

8. What does Joe want to stop and why?

9. As Joe's pain fades some what does he think about and how does he feel about being deaf?

10. Describe the scene at Joe's parents house when he arrives home after his father died.

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