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Quiz about Dalton Trumbos Johnny Got His Gun

Dalton Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun" Quiz

"Johnny Got His Gun", a controversial book that never takes the easy way out, is one of the most deeply impacting war novels ever written...see how much you know of it.

A multiple-choice quiz by danceswithcows. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
danceswithcows

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
223,887

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
16 / 25

Plays
196

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. Who wrote the original introduction for the novel? Hint

Joseph McCarthy

Dalton Trumbo

President Woodrow Wilson

An Anonymous Author

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Question 2 of 25

2. Joe received a phone call while he was at work. Why did he receive this call? Hint

His mother was going into labor

He was being drafted for the war

His house had burned down

His father was dead, and he was needed at home

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Question 3 of 25

3. Joe is in a very terrible condition. What are the EXACT problems with his body? Hint

Clubbed feet; blind

Hole in his stomach; gash on his face

Arms and legs have been amputated; face blown off

Feet blown off; sense of feeling gone

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Question 4 of 25

4. What is the name and age of Joe's girlfriend whom he left behind? Hint

Kareen; 19

Angelina;20

Angelina; 18

Diane; 17

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Question 5 of 25

5. In another dream memory sequence, Joe runs off to work in the desert with another boy. What is his name? Hint

Bill

Howie

Fred

Glen

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Question 6 of 25

6. What is the name of the mission man who came to help work at the bakery? Hint

Reuben

Jose

Ricardo

Luciano

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Question 7 of 25

7. How does the mission worker get himself fired from the bakery? Hint

Crashing the boss's car

Killing another worker

By dropping a large number of pies

Spilling cake filling all over the boss

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Question 8 of 25

8. What was Joe's father's prized possession? Hint

His fishing rod

His car

His pocket watch

His prized fish trophy

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Question 9 of 25

9. What is Joe's SUCCESSFUL method of telling the time? Hint

Counting the time between the Nurse's visits

Capturing the Sun's heat

Tapping out every minute with his head

Feeling the vibrations of the clock in the room

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Question 10 of 25

10. Who is the great patriot who said, "Johnny, get your gun"? Hint

Patrick Henry

Samuel Adams

George Washington

Paul Revere

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Question 11 of 25

11. What is the first part of the novel called? Hint

The Living

The Dead

The War

The Aftermath

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Question 12 of 25

12. In Joe's mind, whom does he go to sleep with every night? Hint

Kareen

Christ

God

His Mother

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Question 13 of 25

13. Why does Joe suspect the Nurses think he is an Englishman? Hint

He was attacked on the English countryside

Because he was fighting among Englishman and likely found with them

His ID card stated he was an Englishman

Because of his physical features

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Question 14 of 25

14. What did Joe's visitors do to him that made him angry? Hint

Pin a medal on him

Adjust his Oxygen tube

Undue his facial mask

Cry over him

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Question 15 of 25

15. Joe attempts to conquer the barriers of communication between him and the outside world. What is his method? Hint

He holds a pencil between his chin and his chest and writes

He forms his body into the shape of letters

He taps Morse Code onto his pillow with his head

He mutters the words as best he can

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Question 16 of 25

16. Who is Ruby? Hint

Joe's first sexual partner

An imaginary friend of Joe's

Joe's first love

A frail young girl in the same hospital as Joe

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Question 17 of 25

17. Who managed the place where Laurette lived? Hint

Kareen

Stumpy Telsa

Joe's Mother

Joe

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Question 18 of 25

18. In Joe's morphine-induced vision, who joins the soldiers going to war in a card game? Hint

George Washington

The commander of their regiment

Julius Caesar

Christ

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Question 19 of 25

19. Joe gets a new nurse. This nurse successfully communicates a message to him. How did she accomplish this? Hint

Tapping in Morse Code

By pouring a certain number of water drops on him to represent the number of the letter in the alphabet

Through a system of vibrations

Writing letters with her finger on his chest

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Question 20 of 25

20. What message does the nurse communicate to him? Hint

Hello

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

Who are you?

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Question 21 of 25

21. What poem did Joe's mother read every Christmas? Hint

The Night Before Christmas

Good King Wencelas

Away in a Manger

The Christmas Gloria

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who finally realizes the purpose of Joe's tapping? Hint

The doctor

His nurse

Kareen, who is visiting

A psychologist sent to observe him

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Question 23 of 25

23. What is the first message that the doctor taps to Joe? Hint

Who are you?

Where are you from?

What is your name?

What do you want?

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Question 24 of 25

24. Joe compares himself to a new kind of what? Hint

Christ

Guru

Prophet

Master

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Question 25 of 25

25. As far as the novel proceeds, was Joe ever let out of the hospital?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote the original introduction for the novel?

Answer: Dalton Trumbo

The original novel's introduction was written by the author himself. In a very poignant introduction, Mr. Trumbo criticizes the very fabric of America itself when it comes to war.

2. Joe received a phone call while he was at work. Why did he receive this call?

Answer: His father was dead, and he was needed at home

In a painful memory, Joe relives the night that his father died and immediately goes to comfort his mother.

3. Joe is in a very terrible condition. What are the EXACT problems with his body?

Answer: Arms and legs have been amputated; face blown off

Joe gradually discovers as he fades in and out of conciousness that he has lost both arms, both legs, and that most of his face is gone.

4. What is the name and age of Joe's girlfriend whom he left behind?

Answer: Kareen; 19

Joe has one last love experience with his 19 year old girlfriend Kareen before being dragged off to war.

5. In another dream memory sequence, Joe runs off to work in the desert with another boy. What is his name?

Answer: Howie

Joe and Howie both nearly kill themselves working in the desert all because their girlfriends both cheated on them.

6. What is the name of the mission man who came to help work at the bakery?

Answer: Jose

Jose comes to the bakery to help, with a wild story claiming that a rich girl was in love with him in New York, and he had come here to avoid her. This story actually turned out to be true.

7. How does the mission worker get himself fired from the bakery?

Answer: By dropping a large number of pies

Jose had gotten another job at a studio, but had stayed at the bakery because he felt he was in the boss's debt. This gradually began to tire him, so he got himself fired by dropping a huge pie delivery.

8. What was Joe's father's prized possession?

Answer: His fishing rod

Joe's father had his fishing rod specially cleaned every year, and treated it very well until it was lost by Joe and Bill Harper.

9. What is Joe's SUCCESSFUL method of telling the time?

Answer: Capturing the Sun's heat

Joe tries to count the minutes between the nurse's visits, but he loses count every time. Finally, he uses the Sun's heat to tell when Dawn arrives and uses the nurse's visits to tell the time from there.

10. Who is the great patriot who said, "Johnny, get your gun"?

Answer: Patrick Henry

In Joe's lengthy speech about dying and the dead in war, he repeats the phrase "As that great patriot once said" and Patrick Henry is the one quoted as saying "Johnny get your gun."

11. What is the first part of the novel called?

Answer: The Dead

The first half of the novel is referred to as "Book I: The Dead".

12. In Joe's mind, whom does he go to sleep with every night?

Answer: Kareen

Joe has designed an entire calendar, and each and every night he goes to sleep with Kareen.

13. Why does Joe suspect the Nurses think he is an Englishman?

Answer: Because he was fighting among Englishman and likely found with them

Joe was fighting alongside many Englishman, and thinks that because he was found among them, the nurses would assume he's one of them.

14. What did Joe's visitors do to him that made him angry?

Answer: Pin a medal on him

Visitors, presumably military men, pinned a medal onto Joe's clothing, which infuriated him.

15. Joe attempts to conquer the barriers of communication between him and the outside world. What is his method?

Answer: He taps Morse Code onto his pillow with his head

Joe continually taps, although his nurse can never recognize its meaning.

16. Who is Ruby?

Answer: Joe's first sexual partner

Ruby was a girl who gave "experience" to many boys, although she knew none of them truly loved her.

17. Who managed the place where Laurette lived?

Answer: Stumpy Telsa

Laurette was a girl whom Joe fell in love with at Stumpy Telsa's.

18. In Joe's morphine-induced vision, who joins the soldiers going to war in a card game?

Answer: Christ

Christ joins the soldier's game of blackjack, supposedly because all of them are about to die.

19. Joe gets a new nurse. This nurse successfully communicates a message to him. How did she accomplish this?

Answer: Writing letters with her finger on his chest

The nurse writes the letter shapes on Joe's chest, much to his joy.

20. What message does the nurse communicate to him?

Answer: Merry Christmas

The nurse spells out "Merry Christmas" much to Joe's delight that not only can he now knock down barriers of communication, he whas full verification of the date.

21. What poem did Joe's mother read every Christmas?

Answer: The Night Before Christmas

Each and every Christmas, Joe's mother read "The Night Before Christmas" in addition to the story of the birth of Jesus.

22. Who finally realizes the purpose of Joe's tapping?

Answer: His nurse

The nurse, after several attempts to make him comfortable, realizes the purpose and runs to get the doctor.

23. What is the first message that the doctor taps to Joe?

Answer: What do you want?

Strangely, the doctor taps that message to Joe. His response is that he wants out.

24. Joe compares himself to a new kind of what?

Answer: Christ

Joe says he is a new Christ, because he has been the closest thing to dead and successfully conquered almost all barriers.

25. As far as the novel proceeds, was Joe ever let out of the hospital?

Answer: No

The doctor rejected Joe's request, and at the end injects him with more morphine to quiet his tapping.

Source: Author danceswithcows

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