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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. Why does Joe think he is masked?
(a) To keep infection down.
(b) So the nurses won't have to look at him.
(c) They haven't taken off the bandages yet.
(d) So his face will heal.

2. What does Joe find out when someone finally answers the phone?
(a) His girlfriend is in the hospital.
(b) His father has died.
(c) His mother has died.
(d) His younger sister is gone.

3. What did his girlfriend ask him when he was drafted?
(a) To carry her scarf.
(b) To go to Canada.
(c) Not to go.
(d) To run away to Mexico.

4. What does Joe realize when he tries to kick the blankets off?
(a) He is strapped down.
(b) They are tucked under the mattress.
(c) There are no blankets on him.
(d) He's lost his legs too.

5. What famous person flies into Joe's hometown one day?
(a) Charles Lindbergh.
(b) Amelia Earhart.
(c) Daredevil pilot Lincoln Beechy.
(d) David Grintings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jose want to know from the rest of the workers at the bakery?

2. What does Joe see when he walks by Diane's house?

3. What does Joe think is crawling on him?

4. What does Joe realize that he can't tell the difference between?

5. What is the biggest event of the year in Joe's hometown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Joe is feeling while working in the desert.

2. What doesn't Joe understand about being alive?

3. When did Joe become aware of the war and what events in the war occurred at that time?

4. Why does Howie wake Joe up after working all day on the railroad?

5. Why does Joe think he is dying and why does he know he is alive?

6. What book did Joe read that gave him a nightmare and what was that nightmare?

7. How does Joe come to know he has no face?

8. How does Joe realize he has no left arm and how does he feel about it?

9. What does Joe think when he thinks of his family and what does he see as the reality?

10. Describe the scene at the rail station when Joe is leaving for the army.

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