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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 is his duty towards Diane?
(a) To warn her about Hogan.
(b) To tell her father.
(c) To let her go so she can date who she wants.
(d) To marry her.

2. What do the workers tell Jose to do?
(a) Spit in the bread dough in front of the boss.
(b) Leave the water running in the kitchen.
(c) Drop a bunch of pies.
(d) Knock the boss over.

3. How does Joe figure he can communicate since he is deaf?
(a) With sign language.
(b) He can still talk.
(c) In writing.
(d) He will use telepathy.

4. What is happening in Joe's mind as he lays in bed?
(a) He hasn't got enough of a mind to think.
(b) He thinks about when he's going to leave the hospital.
(c) He is still in the foxhole.
(d) All his memories are melting together.

5. Why does Joe think he may be lucky not having a nose?
(a) So it doesn't look funny with no mouth.
(b) So he can't breath.
(c) So he can't smell himself.
(d) He always thought his nose was too big.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe decide when he first figures out he has no arms?

2. What does Superintendent of School Hargraves say about the airplane?

3. What did Joe think when he read THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII?

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

5. Why does Joe Bonham wish someone would pick up the phone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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