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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. Why doesn't Joe worry about lack of appetite?
(a) He doesn't like army food.
(b) He wants to die anyway.
(c) They pump food in his stomach.
(d) He wanted to lose weight.

2. What does Joe feel under all of his bandages?
(a) Itching.
(b) Feeling a burning sensation.
(c) Sweating.
(d) Coolness.

3. What did his girlfriend ask him when he was drafted?
(a) To run away to Mexico.
(b) Not to go.
(c) To go to Canada.
(d) To carry her scarf.

4. What does Joe wonder about when he thinks of the foxhole?
(a) What hit them.
(b) How the Germans found them.
(c) Whether it was American bombs.
(d) The other guys in it.

5. Why does Joe Bonham wish someone would pick up the phone?
(a) He hates phones on general principle.
(b) He hates the tone the phone makes.
(c) He is expecting a call.
(d) He has a terrible headache.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the desert in which Joe is working?

2. What do the doctors consider Joe to be?

3. What does Joe finally realize towards the end of Chapter 3?

4. What skill do Joe and his friends master?

5. What did Joe hear about Harper and his fortunes in the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe feel about the nurse bathing him?

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

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

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

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

6. Why doesn't Joe worry about loss of appetite?

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

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

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

10. What does Joe think about doctors and war?

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