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Catch-22

Joseph Heller

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1. What is the name of the nurse with whom Yossarian sleeps?

(A) Nurse Dreedle

(B) Nurse Cramer

(D) Nurse Duckett

2. What happens on the mission for which Yossarian receives a medal?

(A) He shoots down an enemy plane

(B) He forces his entire squadron to retreat

(D) A younger pilot is killed by shrapnel

3. What is the name of the dead man in Yossarian's tent?

(A) Bones

(B) Black

(D) Mudd

4. To which country does Yossarian decide to desert?

(A) Sweden

(B) Syria

(D) Spain

5. For what publication was Hungry Joe a photographer before the war?

(A) The Herald-Tribune

(B) The Saturday Evening Post

(D) Life

6. From which publication does Colonel Cathart get the idea of praying before missions?

(A) The Herald-Tribune

(B) The Saturday Evening Post

(D) Life

7. What did Major Major Major Major's mother intend to name him?

(A) Minor

(B) Jeremy

(D) C-Flat

8. When Major Major gets bored of signing Washington Irving's name, what other name does he use?

(A) John Yossarian

(B) John Milton

(D) Johnny Appleseed

9. Which member of the squadron is an expert at Ping-Pong?

(A) Yossarian

(B) Orr

(D) Appleby

10. What is the name of the man who hides out in the woods because he is afraid of having his throat cut?

(A) Flounce

(B) Flume

(D) Fling

11. Which city does the squadron bomb when Yossarian refuses to participate?

(A) Bologna

(B) Bresaola

(D) Bari

12. Why will Luciana and Yossarian not get married?

(A) She is afraid he will get killed

(B) Luciana already has a husband

(D) Yossarian cannot leave his squadron

13. Which of the following does Yossarian see as he wanders through Rome?

(A) A priest praying in a church

(B) A broken fountain

(D) A man begging for money

14. What is Kid Sampson doing when he gets sliced in half?

(A) Playing with a buzz saw

(B) Standing on a raft

(D) Playing volleyball

15. How many people parachute to safety before McWatt crashes his plane into a mountain?

(A) None

(B) 1

(D) 3

16. Where did Doc Daneeka practice medicine before being drafted?

(A) Hollywood

(B) Colorado Springs

(D) Manhattan, Kansas

17. Who does Yossarian pretend to be in the hospital?

(A) A doctor

(B) A nurse

(D) A dying soldier

18. Which holiday does Yossarian spend in the hospital?

(A) Boxing Day

(B) Thanksgiving

(D) Labor Day

19. What do Yossarian's new roommates do with the dead man's things?

(A) They sell them to Milo

(B) They use them to start a fire

(D) They throw them outside

20. What does the Texan argue that “decent folk” should receive?

(A) Tax cuts

(B) Free health insurance

(D) Extra votes

21. What improvement does Orr make to Yossarian's tent just before he disappears?

(A) He finishes putting in a stove

(B) He paves the floor with bricks

(D) He constructs an air-raid shelter

22. Why won't Aarfy pay for any prostitutes?

(A) He is sending all his money home to his sick wife

(B) He is afraid of getting diseases

(D) He has been impotent ever since the Bologna mission

23. Which of Yossarian's friends is still alive at the end of Catch-22?

(A) Nately

(B) Orr

(D) Dobbs

24. Where does the chaplain live?

(A) In a nearby church

(B) In a tent in the forest

(D) In the basement beneath the kitchen

25. How does Hungry Joe die?

(A) He starves to death

(B) In his sleep

(D) Chief White Halfoat cuts his throat

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