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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Soldier Home: Two Big-Hearted River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nick's condition when the story opens?
(a) He has strep throat.
(b) He has a broken leg.
(c) He has a bad cold.
(d) He has been wounded.

2. Who is Bugs?
(a) The town drunk.
(b) Tom's roommate.
(c) Ad's friend.
(d) Nick's best friend.

3. Who is the Captain that Nick meets at the Italian battalion?
(a) Captain Amato.
(b) Captain Para.
(c) Captain Ruffalo.
(d) Captain D'Arco.

4. Littless teases Nick about a girl named __________.
(a) Prudence.
(b) Tammy.
(c) Trudy.
(d) Tracy.

5. Where were Prudence and the boy seen playing?
(a) The city park.
(b) The school yard.
(c) The woods.
(d) The playground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nick's overriding quality?

2. Nick says that every time he went to battle, he ____________.

3. Which of the following does Nick's mother NOT do for his father?

4. What injury does the major in the hospital have?

5. How does Nick react to the surgery?

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