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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. How many siblings does Bokonon have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.
2. To whom is the poem attributed on the tombstone that says, "Mother, Mother, how I pray / For you to guard us every day"?
(a) Frank Hoenikker.
(b) Angela Hoenikker.
(c) Newt Hoenikker.
(d) Felix Hoenikker.
3. What is the title of Chapter 28?
(a) "No More Mud."
(b) "Protein."
(c) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(d) "Mayonnaise."
4. How long ago does Newt say his brother Frank disappeared in his letter in Chapter 5?
(a) 1 year ago.
(b) 2 years ago.
(c) 5 years ago.
(d) 10 years ago.
5. What does Dr. Breed say that "pure research men" work on in Chapter 21?
(a) "What they are paid to research."
(b) "What they are told to research."
(c) "Facts that will help humanity."
(d) "What fascinates them."
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was Dr. Felix Hoenikker when he died?
2. What is the population of San Lorenzo, according to the newspaper supplement in Chapter 38?
3. Who is the eccentril elevator operator that John encounters in Chapter 28?
4. What is the melting point of Ice-nine?
5. What is the name of the book that was given to Dr. Felix Hoenikker from a man in prison about the end of the world?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is surprising to John when he encounters the Hoenikker burial plot in Chapters 29 and 30?
2. What statement do you think that Vonnegut is making in regards to politics and science in Cat's Cradle?
3. What irony is revealed in Dr. Breed's assessments of Ilium's history in Chapter 13?
4. What is significant about the stone angel monument at the sales room in Ilium?
5. Who is Lyman Knowles and what does he represent in the novel?
6. What aspects of Dr. Hoenikker's character are revealed through Dr. Breed's stories of him in Chapter 14?
7. How is Dr. Felix Hoenikker's personality described in Cat's Cradle?
8. What irony can be found in Dr. Breed's discussions of superstition in Chapters 16-18?
9. What symbolism can be seen in the graves of Emily and Felix Hoenikker?
10. How is Bokonon's history and arrival at San Lorenzo described in Chapter 48?
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