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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 feel when the nurse is washing him?
(a) Anxious.
(b) In pain.
(c) Safe and snug.
(d) Embarrassed.

2. How many days has Joe been sick in his life?
(a) Never.
(b) Twice.
(c) Three times.
(d) Once.

3. What does Joe think about the fact that they cut off his arm?
(a) He can always walk.
(b) They should have asked him first.
(c) He still has the right arm.
(d) He's glad it wasn't his right arm.

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

5. Why is Bill Bonham a failure?
(a) He can't make money.
(b) He doesn't hunt.
(c) He can't catch any fish.
(d) He can't feed his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the doctors use to put in a window of a guy who had his stomach blown away?

2. What does Joe think is crawling on him?

3. How does Joe feel about Harper as he is on his way back home from the desert?

4. What does Joe finally do after thinking about a lottery?

5. Why doesn't Joe worry about lack of appetite?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe think he might be able to tell being awake and asleep with no eyes?

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

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

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

5. What does Joe think about doctors and war?

6. 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?

7. Why does Joe wish someone would pick up the phone and what happens when they do?

8. Who does Joe call out to in his nightmare and why?

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

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

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