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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 think war is for the doctors?
(a) They are indifferent to it.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Wonderful.
(d) Horrible.

2. What did Joe hear about Harper and his fortunes in the war?
(a) He was injured and sent home.
(b) He was never drafted.
(c) He was made a captain.
(d) He was killed.

3. What does his girlfriend's father do in the morning on his departure day?
(a) Gives him his old army jacket.
(b) Takes him to a restaurant.
(c) Gives him a haircut.
(d) Makes him breakfast.

4. Why does Bonham think he is dying?
(a) He is hot and shaky.
(b) He is being ignored by the hospital staff.
(c) No one can lose so much of oneself and live.
(d) He wants to die so he denies he can live.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe see when he walks by Diane's house?

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

3. When does the first snowfall usually happen where Joe grew up?

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

5. What skill do Joe and his friends master?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joe see on the way home from the train station?

3. What does Joe think about guys fighting for liberty?

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

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

6. How does Joe realize he has no left arm and how does he feel about it?

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

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

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

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

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