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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. What is the youngest child in a family?
(a) A brooder.
(b) A thinker.
(c) A whiner.
(d) A jokemaker.

2. What book series did Jill Krementz read when she was young?
(a) Nancy Drew.
(b) The Lord of the Rings.
(c) Kay Tracey.
(d) Hardy Boys.

3. How old is Kurt at the time of writing?
(a) Ninety-one.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Sixty-three.
(d) Eighty-two.

4. How long has it taken humanity to destroy the planet?
(a) Two thousand years.
(b) Five hundred years.
(c) Fewer than two hundred years.
(d) One thousand years.

5. What did Kurt get a Master's degree in after the war?
(a) Literature.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Psychology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of missiles do nuclear submarines fire?

2. What would Kurt ask when he gets to heaven?

3. What is not an example of a 'crazy-making' game happening today?

4. What type of stories did Franz Kafka write?

5. At what age did Kurt start smoking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kurt say is the most destructive drug of all? Do you agree?

2. What was important to Kurt while he was growing up?

3. What was Kurt's experience with Dresden?

4. Why does Kurt smoke? What has his experience been with drugs?

5. Who was Ned Ludd?

6. What does Kurt describe about relations between English and Germans in America?

7. How did age affect Kurt's upbringing?

8. What does Kurt say about Karl Marx's statements on religion?

9. According to Kurt, what was the 'beginning of the end?'

10. According to Kurt, what is the importance of an extended family compared to having a small family? Do you agree?

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