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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is McMurphy supposed to be doing during the time in #46?
(a) Sleeping
(b) Cleaning
(c) Eating
(d) Going to the Group Meeting

2. What makes McMurphy question his actions?
(a) A note from his mother
(b) Harding
(c) Being comitted for life
(d) His conscience

3. When does the novel begin?
(a) Friday
(b) Monday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Wednesday

4. Harding and McMurphy banter to decide who the biggest ______________ is in the hospital.
(a) Bull goose loony
(b) Coward
(c) Jerk
(d) Mess

5. What does Nurse Ratched fear the men will think of McMurphy if he is sent away?
(a) He will be forgotten
(b) He will be a martyr
(c) He will become a nuisance
(d) He will become an inspiration

6. Who is the narrator of this story?
(a) Mack
(b) Billy Bibbit
(c) Nurse Ratched
(d) Chief Bromden

7. What did Chief Bromden's father do when he realized he could not beat the system?
(a) Protested the arrangement
(b) Killed himself
(c) Left the tribe
(d) Learned to work with it

8. What does Nurse Ratched ask of the patients when she tells them about #76's punishment?
(a) If they can suggest something else more suitable
(b) If it's something McMurphy enjoys
(c) If it's enough
(d) If it's fair

9. Who are those whose brains have been altered beyond repair?
(a) New Admissions
(b) Chronics
(c) Acutes
(d) Toasteds

10. Who joins McMurphy in the action of #46 first?
(a) Harding
(b) Billy Bibbit
(c) George
(d) Cheswick

11. Who does Chief Bromden think is speeding up time and then slowing it down?
(a) The black boys
(b) Nurse Ratched
(c) Harding
(d) McMurphy

12. What is the color on the coffee cup that Chief Bromden can't believe is really Nurse Ratched's lipstick?
(a) Red-orange
(b) Yellow
(c) Black
(d) Fuschia

13. How were the patients being tested for TB?
(a) Special MRIs
(b) Chest x-rays
(c) They had to cough
(d) Full exams

14. How long has the lifeguard been at the hospital?
(a) 3 days
(b) 8 years and 8 months
(c) A month
(d) A decade

15. How many people vote for the World Series on the second vote?
(a) 2
(b) 20
(c) 15
(d) 10

Short Answer Questions

1. Does McMurphy move the item in #40 as he says he can?

2. Who said that he would never make his mark as the head man of the crappers?

3. What is the Chief constantly afraid will swallow him and the others up?

4. To what has McMurphy dedicated his life, according to him?

5. What does Nurse Ratched remind McMurphy of?

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