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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. What does Joe do when he finally realizes the full extent of his injuries?
(a) He tries to figure out how to die.
(b) He calls for Kareen.
(c) He sobs.
(d) He calls out to his mother to come help him.

2. Why is Joe not too upset about being deaf?
(a) His girlfriend can't nag him.
(b) His brother can't yell at him.
(c) He won't be able to hear the war.
(d) He didn't like music.

3. Why doesn't Joe get tired?
(a) That part of his brain was damaged.
(b) He has no arms or legs to move.
(c) He's no longer working.
(d) He can't tell when it's night.

4. What is happening in Joe's mind as he lays in bed?
(a) All his memories are melting together.
(b) He is still in the foxhole.
(c) He hasn't got enough of a mind to think.
(d) He thinks about when he's going to leave the hospital.

5. What does Joe think is crawling on him?
(a) A trench rat.
(b) A mosquito.
(c) A snake.
(d) A cockroach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe wonder about when he thinks of the foxhole?

2. What does Joe ask Kareen in his dream?

3. What famous person flies into Joe's hometown one day?

4. What type of musical instrument does Joe's mother play?

5. In what month is Joe's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two problems Jose talks to the guys at the bakery about?

2. What book did Joe read that gave him a nightmare and what was that nightmare?

3. What does Joe want to stop and why?

4. What does Joe think guys should do when called up for the military?

5. What does Joe think when he thinks of his family and what does he see as the reality?

6. Who is the pilot who comes to Joe's hometown, what does he do and what does the superintendent of schools say about airplanes?

7. Why does Howie wake Joe up after working all day on the railroad?

8. Describe how Joe is feeling while working in the desert.

9. When did Joe become aware of the war and what events in the war occurred at that time?

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

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