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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laurette give Joe for a graduation present?
(a) A pair of gold cuff links.
(b) A plush bathrobe.
(c) A silk tie.
(d) A ring.

2. What is the doctor's response to Joe's continued tapping?
(a) He ignores Joe.
(b) A slap.
(c) Sedation.
(d) Reassurance that they will let him go.

3. What is one thing Joe says can be invented as a result of others seeing him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A better way to let soldiers die with dignity.
(c) New nursery rhymes.
(d) A better prothesis.

4. What are the guys in the train station that Joe sees playing to pass the time?
(a) Poker.
(b) Blackjack.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) A dice game.

5. How long does Joe think he's been unaware of time?
(a) Three years.
(b) He doesn't know.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

6. How does Joe feel after the man tells him what he says in question #175?
(a) He has no hope.
(b) He feels supported.
(c) He is hopeful.
(d) He is joyfully surprised.

7. What does Joe ask?
(a) For them to reconsider.
(b) For death.
(c) For them to contact his mother.
(d) To be let out of the hospital to fend for himself.

8. How does Joe think he can count sunrises?
(a) When they first feed him after being without.
(b) When a nurse first comes after a long time without.
(c) Because of the warming on his skin.
(d) When the doctor comes in and takes his pulse.

9. What does Joe's father tell him in a daydream?
(a) Life is better than death.
(b) Death is better than worrying.
(c) Joe will be joining him soon.
(d) Death and life are the same.

10. What is it that is coming for Joe as he leaves Paris?
(a) A German bomb.
(b) Two pairs of new pants.
(c) A letter from Kareen.
(d) A birthday cake.

11. What is Joe's thought about the question?
(a) He wants to go home.
(b) He doesn't want to give his name.
(c) He wants out.
(d) He is terrible.

12. What direction does Joe face in his third year in the hospital?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

13. What does Joe assume when he feels the nurse's hand for the fifth time?
(a) It is 4 A.M.
(b) It is time to sleep.
(c) It is midnight.
(d) It is 8 A.M.

14. In Joe's dream what can Jesus do?
(a) Serve brandy.
(b) Restore Joe's arms and legs.
(c) Miracles.
(d) Anything but hit a twelve.

15. What does the day nurse do with Joe?
(a) Slaps him on the chest to communicate.
(b) Tries to calm him.
(c) Sedates him.
(d) Get him to sit up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe believe he must do now?

2. What was the name of the first girl with whom Joe had sex ?

3. About what does Joe worry?

4. What does Joe imagine the day nurse to look like?

5. What does Joe do when he realizes he has a number of visitors?

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