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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 do some of the soldiers in France do that are too scared to talk?
(a) Scream all night.
(b) Talk like a two year old.
(c) Go catatonic.
(d) Act like dogs.

2. Why does Joe think he is masked?
(a) They haven't taken off the bandages yet.
(b) So his face will heal.
(c) To keep infection down.
(d) So the nurses won't have to look at him.

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

4. What does Joe realize when he asks Jose to come closer to him?
(a) Jose is dead.
(b) Jose is in Germany.
(c) He's been dreaming.
(d) Jose can't walk either.

5. How much did the bread sacks Joe lifted at the bakery weigh?
(a) 100 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 90 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what does Joe compare his situation right now?

3. What does Jose want to know from the rest of the workers at the bakery?

4. What did his parents use when they were courting?

5. Why doesn't Joe get tired?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joe think about doctors and war?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Joe come to know he has no face?

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

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

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