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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 does the salesman do after eating lunch?
(a) He sets up shop on a corner.
(b) He goes shopping.
(c) He visits a local school.
(d) He tries to find trustees.

2. What does Pi Ying threaten those who complain with?
(a) Prison time.
(b) Fees.
(c) Torture.
(d) Death.

3. How old was Harrison Bergeron when he was taken away from his family?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

4. What does Foster do at the restaurant he claims to work at in "The Foster Portfolio?"
(a) Wash dishes.
(b) Play the piano.
(c) Pass out pamphlets.
(d) Serve drinks.

5. Where does the salesman visit in "Where I Live?"
(a) The bookstore.
(b) The mall.
(c) The library.
(d) The city hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Long Walk to Forever," where do Newt and Catharine take a nap?

2. What does Vonnegut praise about dictionaries in "New Dictionary?"

3. Who ends up being Billy the Poet?

4. What interrupts the Bergerons while they are watching television?

5. What does Fuller see when he waits for Susanna at the drug store the day after he verbally attacked her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the government solutions to overpopulation in "Welcome to the Monkey House?"

2. How does Grace react to her home when she returns from the hospital in "More Stately Mansions?"

3. How does Kelly try to trick Pi Ying?

4. Why does the salesman go home in "Where I Live?"

5. How does the narrator describe Barnstable?

6. What do the Kennedy's say to the Rumfoords at the end of "The Hyannis Port Story?"

7. How does George reconcile with his family?

8. What are the rules of the chess game in "All the King's Horses?"

9. What types of handicaps must people wear in "Harrison Bergeron?"

10. Why is Paul frightened in "Next Door?"

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