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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. In what uncomfortable place does Kovic have to wear a tube?
(a) Bladder.
(b) Nose.
(c) Throat.
(d) Penis.

2. What is the man's surname?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Rockefeller.
(d) Cuomo.

3. Men from what other war are in the same hospital?
(a) Korea.
(b) Civil War.
(c) WWI.
(d) WWII.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the staff member that performed the procedure?

2. Which activity interested the boys when they weren't playing outside?

3. What sports team did Kovic join first in school?

4. Which game was commonly played by the boys at night?

5. The hospital was named after which saint?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Kovic not share with his family?

2. Explain the opening scene in the book BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY by Ron Kovic.

3. Discuss some of Kovic's trials and tribulations as a teenager.

4. How does Kovic refer to the other soldiers in the hospital?

5. What is Kovic's response to the doctor's request for information?

6. Describe the scene during which Kovic arrives at St. Albans.

7. Where did the boys often play? What was their fantasy?

8. Describe the scene in which Kovic discovers the rats.

9. What was a favorite childhood sport of Kovic's?

10. Describe Kovic's first morning in the hospital.

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