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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joe think when he read THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII?
(a) That it must have been awful for the people.
(b) A mountain had blown up trapping him in the lava.
(c) It was a quick, easy way to die.
(d) That he would never live near a volcano.

2. How does Joe figure out that he is deaf?
(a) He can't hear his mother.
(b) He can't hear his pulse.
(c) He can's hear any music.
(d) He can't hear the doctors.

3. What does Joe wonder about when he thinks of the foxhole?
(a) The other guys in it.
(b) How the Germans found them.
(c) What hit them.
(d) Whether it was American bombs.

4. When does the first snowfall usually happen where Joe grew up?
(a) New Years Day.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

5. What does Glen Hogan give Joe for his birthday one year?
(a) A leather jacket.
(b) A blue tie.
(c) A new pocket knife.
(d) Brown silk socks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Joe figure he can communicate since he is deaf?

3. What type of musical instrument does Joe's mother play?

4. How does Joe feel about the war?

5. What does his girlfriend's father tell him to do the night before he leaves?

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