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26 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
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Who wrote the original introduction for the novel?
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Dalton Trumbo
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original author of "Johnny Got His Gun"
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Joe received a phone call while he was at work. Why did he receive this phone call?
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His father was dead, and he was needed at home.
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painful memory
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Joe is in a very terrible condition. What are the EXACT problems with his body?
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His arms and legs were amputated and his face was blown off.
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fades in and out of consciousness
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What is the name and age of Joe's girlfriend whom he left behind?
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Kareen; 19
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Last love experience before he was dragged to war.
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In another dream memory sequence, Joe runs off to work in the desert with another boy. What was his name?
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Howie
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nearly kill themselves working in the desert
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What is the name of the mission man who came to work at the bakery?
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Jose
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The man with a wild story who claims that a rich girl was in love with him in NY.
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How does the mission worker get himself fired from the bakery?
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By dropping a large number of pies.
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Jose got another job at a studio.
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What was Jose's father's prize possession?
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His fishing rod.
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cleaned every year
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What was Joe's successful method of telling time?
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capturing the sun's heat
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dawn
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Who is the great patriot who says, "Johnny, get your gun?"
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Patrick Henry
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repeated speech
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What is the first part of the novel called?
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The Dead.
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Book I
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In Joe's mind, who does he go to sleep with every night?
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Kareen
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girlfriend
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Why does Joe suspects that the Nurses think he is an Englishman?
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Because he was fighting among the Englishman and likely found with them.
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assumption
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What did Joe's visitors do to him that made him angry?
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pin a medal on him
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visitors: military men
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Joe attempts to conquer the barriers of communication between him and the outside world. What is his method?
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He taps the Morse Code on his pillow with his head.
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Nurse never recognize meaning behind his continuous tapping.
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Who is Ruby?
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Joe's first sexual partner.
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Girl who gave "experience" to many boys, but none of them really loved her.
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Who managed the place where Laurette lived?
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Stumpy Telsa
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Laurette was a girl whom Joe fell in loved with at this place.
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In Joe's morphine-induced vision, who joins the soldiers going into the war in a card game?
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Christ
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Lord of Heaven and Earth, Son of God and mankind.
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Joe gets a new nurse. The nurse successfully communicates a message to him. How did she accomplish this?
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By writing letters with her fingers on his chest.
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Joyful Joe!
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What message does the nurse communicate to him?
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Merry Christmas
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success in communication
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What poem did Joe's mother read every Christmas?
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The Night Before Christmas
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story of the birth of Jesus
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Who finally realizes the purpose of Joe's tapping?
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His nurse.
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Nurse runs to get a doctor.
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What is the first message that the doctor taps to Joe?
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What do you want?
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Joe's response is that he wants out.
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Joe compares himself to a new kind of what?
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Christ
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Lord of the Lamb
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Yes or No: As far as the novel proceeds, was Joe ever let out of the hospital?
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no
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Joe's request was rejected.
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Summarize "Johnny Got His Gun."
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Joe was a teenager living his life in peace, that was after he was supposedly drafted into the war. His girlfriend was Kareen, age 19. She was the last person he saw aside from his family before he went off to war. He was found fighting alongside the Englishmen by doctors and nurses and bought him to a hospital, where his legs and arms got amputated and during his time in the war, his face got badly hurt, parts of it was blown up. While in the hospital, they removed different parts of his face. He was sinking in and out of consciousness. He communicated by tapping the Morse Code with his head on the pillow. His first nurse never understood what that meant. He later had a new nurse who later communicated with him by writing letters with her figures on Joe's chest. He understood, but another nurse who later came in, got a doctor to see what Joe wanted. Joe wanted out of the hospital, but they never released him from the hospital because of his condition. He remained in the hospital for the rest of his days!
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Joe's favorite saying by a famous soldier, Patrick Henry was, "Johnny, get your gun!"
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