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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) With sign language.
(b) He will use telepathy.
(c) He can still talk.
(d) In writing.

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

3. What does Joe think he has to do first in order to kill himself?
(a) Make friends with the nurse.
(b) Get a hold of a gun.
(c) Flip over.
(d) Learn to communicate.

4. What does Joe decide when he first figures out he has no arms?
(a) He can learn to use his legs.
(b) He can get hooks.
(c) He can use his mouth.
(d) He will have to have a patient wife.

5. What does Joe ask Kareen in his dream?
(a) To come find him.
(b) To hold her head up so she won't drown.
(c) To have a child with him.
(d) To marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joe know time has passed?

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

3. What does Joe see in the snow as he thinks of his life?

4. What kind of flowers do the kids gather for May Day?

5. What does Joe think would be wonderful when he was thinking about the nurse and the rat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the scene at the rail station when Joe is leaving for the army.

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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