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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mr. Kovic's job?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Cab driver.
(c) Checker.
(d) Journalist.

2. The government promises to give what to the men?
(a) New clothes.
(b) Pensions.
(c) Discharges.
(d) Machines.

3. Where was Kovic's bus headed?
(a) Queens.
(b) Long Island.
(c) Newark.
(d) Bronx.

4. How do the men refer to Willey?
(a) "Worthless."
(b) "Just a head."
(c) "A lost cause"
(d) "A vegetable"

5. What part of the body did the bullet hit?
(a) Ankle.
(b) Shoulder.
(c) Hip.
(d) Head.

6. Who issues the award?
(a) Vice President.
(b) Governor.
(c) Drill Sergeant.
(d) President.

7. Who is Jimmy?
(a) Friend.
(b) Therapist.
(c) Kovic's younger brother.
(d) Doctor.

8. What was the name of the kid Kovic often spent time in the summers?
(a) Whipple.
(b) Zimmerman.
(c) Cooke.
(d) Good.

9. What ward was Kovic placed in at the hospital?
(a) Pediatric.
(b) Psychiatric.
(c) Neurological.
(d) Intensive Care Unit.

10. Who visits the soldier before surgery?
(a) Parents.
(b) Priest.
(c) General.
(d) Minister.

11. Which game was commonly played by the boys at night?
(a) Tag.
(b) Red Light, Green Light.
(c) Simon Says.
(d) Mother May I?

12. What was the name of Kovic's high school?
(a) Queen High School.
(b) Jefferson High School.
(c) Massapequa High School.
(d) St. Catherine's High School.

13. Kovic laments the loss of:
(a) Platoon.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Sex.

14. What event did Kovic perform on the track team?
(a) Pole vault.
(b) Shotput.
(c) Hurdles.
(d) Long jump.

15. According to the soldiers the officer seems to be:
(a) Worried.
(b) Bored.
(c) Insensitive.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character mentioned?

2. Kovic refers to the other soldiers as:

3. What reaction does the character have to the situation at hand?

4. How does the character feel at this point?

5. The story begins in what location?

(see the answer keys)

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