SparkNotes: Johnny Got His Gun: Quiz

Where did Joe grow up?

(A) Shale City, Colorado

(B) Grand Junction, Colorado

(C) Los Angeles, California

(D) Hollywood, California

Where was Joe the night his father died?

(A) Out with Kareen

(B) At school

(C) Wandering the streets

(D) Working the night shift at the bakery

What is the first faculty that Joe realizes he has lost?

(A) Sight

(B) Hearing

(C) Smell

(D) Taste

Where was Joe the night before he left for the war?

(A) At the bakery

(B) At Mike's house

(C) At Diane's house

(D) At home with his sisters and mother

What element from Joe's memory of the train station recurs later in the novel?

(A) Kareen giving Joe her ring

(B) The song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary"

(C) The woman looking for her son from Tucson

(D) The patriotic speeches

When Joe realizes his left arm has been amputated, what is his immediate fear?

(A) That they will amputate the other arm

(B) That he will not be able to return to battle

(C) That he is not in safe hands

(D) That they have not saved the ring that Kareen gave him

Why did Joe decide to work on a railroad section gang one summer?

(A) Because his girlfriend, Diane, cheated on him

(B) To see what it was like to do heavy labor

(C) Because Howie talked him into it

(D) Because his family needed money

Who did Joe see Diane kissing on her front porch?

(A) His brother

(B) His best friend

(C) Glen Hogan

(D) Howie

Why did Jose knock over a cart of pies?

(A) To get Pinky Carson fired

(B) Because he was over-tired from his day job

(C) To get Jody Simmons to fire him

(D) To get back at Jody Simmons for firing him

Why does Joe think the doctors managed to save him?

(A) Because of modern technology

(B) Because he had maggots eating from his wounds, meaning they weren't infected

(C) Because they worked overtime

(D) Because he was hit at a low-injury time

Why was Joe's father a failure?

(A) Because he was not a good fisherman

(B) Because he could not make enough money to save

(C) Because he did not teach Joe anything

(D) Because he was not good with his hands

What is Joe's central struggle in Book One?

(A) To distinguish his waking hours from his dreaming hours

(B) To remain alive

(C) To communicate with the hospital staff

(D) To kill himself

How does Joe learn to keep time?

(A) By keeping track of his nurse's schedules

(B) By counting each minute

(C) By feeling the temperature change at dawn

(D) By paying attention to his inner clock

Why did the Scottish man refuse to do battle?

(A) Because Scotland wants to be independent from England

(B) Because he is a worker fighting other workers

(C) Because he is a pacifist

(D) Because he shares allegiance to his enemy's king

Why does Joe thrash around in bed after he feels a medal pinned on him?

(A) To show his appreciation

(B) Because he is ashamed

(C) To expose the horror of his body to the men

(D) Because he is trying to touch the medal

Why did the young English subaltern in the regiment next to Joe's go mad?

(A) Because his regiment would not let him patrol at night

(B) Because of the airplane noises

(C) Because he stumbled into Lazarus's decayed body

(D) Because his wife threatened to kill him with an axe

What does Joe's regular day nurse do when Joe begins tapping Morse code?

(A) She goes to get someone who understands Morse code

(B) She sedates him

(C) She traces letters on his chest

(D) She puts her hand on his forehead to calm him

Who is Ruby?

(A) A prostitute in Paris

(B) The first girl Joe had sex with

(C) Joe's sister

(D) A friend of Diane's

What sparks Joe's memories about prostitutes and past sexual partners?

(A) Sexual frustration

(B) The knowledge that no one will understand his code

(C) The regular day nurse masturbating him

(D) A switch of nurses

Who sedates Joe the first time?

(A) His regular day nurse

(B) A doctor

(C) His new day nurse

(D) A hospital administrator

What is the setting of Joe's dream vision of Christ?

(A) The train station

(B) Tucson, Arizona

(C) The woods outside of Paris

(D) Joe's garrison

Why does Joe run after Christ in the desert?

(A) Because Joe is converting

(B) Because Joe wants to stop the war

(C) Because Joe knows he does not belong with any of the men on the train, as his fate is different

(D) Because Christ beckons him

How does Joe's new day nurse communicate messages to him?

(A) Using Morse code

(B) By tracing letters on his chest

(C) By placing her mouth on his chest

(D) By drawing pictures

What time of year is it when Joe is first able to communicate?

(A) New Year's

(B) Christmas

(C) Joe's birthday

(D) Easter

How does Joe's version of the Baby Jesus story end?

(A) With Jesus' birth

(B) With Mary fearing for her son

(C) With Jesus' suffering

(D) With Joseph's anger

How does Joe suggest he could pay his way in the outside world?

(A) With family savings

(B) As a mascot

(C) As an hospital teaching tool

(D) As an educational exhibit