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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the maitre de at the Arapahoe wear on his lapel?
(a) A microphone.
(b) A red ribbon.
(c) A name tag.
(d) A photo.

2. On a date with Sarah, Starbuck takes her to an ______ restaurant.
(a) Obscure.
(b) Italian.
(c) All-you-can-eat.
(d) Expensive.

3. After their date, what happens to Sarah's and Starbuck's relationship?
(a) They get married.
(b) They stay together.
(c) The never speak to each other again.
(d) They stay good friends.

4. Israel Edel now works for ________.
(a) A tailor.
(b) RAMJAC.
(c) Sarah Wyatt.
(d) The Communist Party.

5. What prompts Starbuck to remember Sarah Wyatt?
(a) The streets at night.
(b) Staying in New York.
(c) A woman in the lobby.
(d) Taking the limo.

6. Why is Fender, Starbuck's friend, in prison?
(a) Treason.
(b) Theft.
(c) Vandalism.
(d) Murder.

7. What was the result of the Cuyahoga Massacre?
(a) A peace treaty.
(b) Strict new laws.
(c) Several deaths.
(d) Communism.

8. From whom does Vonnegut receive a letter?
(a) His wife.
(b) A fan.
(c) His mother.
(d) His editor.

9. What did Starbuck become involved with because of Sarah?
(a) Crime.
(b) Music.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) Dancing.

10. The people of Vicuna have the capacity to do what?
(a) Come back to life.
(b) Leave their bodies.
(c) Change their appearance.
(d) See into the future.

11. What was Starbuck's relationship with Nixon?
(a) They were good friends.
(b) They met but never spoke.
(c) They were friends from high school.
(d) They hated each other.

12. Walter Starbuck is an ex-con, ex-capitalist, and ex-_________.
(a) Socialist.
(b) Writer.
(c) Student.
(d) Husband.

13. Looking in the mirror in his new suit, Starbuck observes that he looks _____.
(a) Old.
(b) Refreshed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Unhappy.

14. In the letter Vonnegut receives, it reads: "_____ may fail."
(a) Courage.
(b) Money.
(c) Government.
(d) Love.

15. Starbuck is released from prison in _____.
(a) 1967.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Starbuck's suit look like it came from?

2. Starbuck sees the Cuyahoga Massacre as a _______.

3. When Starbuck met Ruth, what was she?

4. Why did Starbuck originally stay at the Hotel Arapahoe?

5. What would have happened if Vonnegut had received the letter a few years earlier?

(see the answer keys)

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