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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the staff want to send McMurphy?
(a) Solitary confinement
(b) Another hospital
(c) The Disturbed Ward
(d) Back to prison

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

3. Who is completely silent during the meeting of the staff, at least at the beginning?
(a) Nurse Ratched
(b) George
(c) Doctor Spivey
(d) Nurse Ramsey

4. What takes place over the course of a few days in the ward?
(a) A silence
(b) A string of lobotomies
(c) A few new admits and releases
(d) A marathon Monopoly game

5. Who gets up at the end of the Group Meeting, after being quiet the entire time?
(a) McMurphy
(b) Harding
(c) Doctor Spivey
(d) Chief Bromden

6. Who does McMurphy talk to when they arrive at the place of their excursion trip?
(a) The lifeguard
(b) The captain of the boat
(c) The waitress
(d) The curator

7. Who is the subject of the group meeting?
(a) McMurphy
(b) Billy
(c) Chief Bromden
(d) Harding

8. Are the men mad at McMurphy for his actions in #64's answer?
(a) Yes
(b) No, they are sad.
(c) They are relieved.
(d) They don't see a difference

9. What does McMurphy grab after #80?
(a) A knife
(b) A bottle of pills
(c) The nurse
(d) A pack of cigarettes

10. Why does Nurse Ratched do what she does in #56?
(a) She is actually quite weak
(b) She wants to make an example of the men
(c) She is biding her time
(d) She needs to get away

11. Who finally raises their hand to help make for a majority?
(a) Chief Bromden
(b) Nurse Ratched
(c) A chronic
(d) Pete

12. What does Harding ask McMurphy after Harding's wife leaves?
(a) Whether she is as pretty as he thinks she is
(b) What McMurphy thinks of her
(c) Whether Harding should leave her
(d) Whether McMurphy will kill her

13. Who is the one person who votes with McMurphy in favor of the World Series?
(a) Cheswick
(b) Chief
(c) Harding
(d) Billy

14. What does McMurphy compare the group meeting to?
(a) His last hospital stay
(b) A pecking party
(c) A boring class
(d) Torture

15. What does McMurphy do that flusters Nurse Ratched?
(a) Walks around in a towel
(b) Flirts with her
(c) Screams at her
(d) Hits her

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is allowed to be the meetings with the staff?

2. Who is the one who 'accidentally' drowns?

3. Where does Nurse Ratched go as the men are sitting in front of the TV in silent protest?

4. Who is the narrator of this story?

5. What does Nurse Ratched fear the men will think of McMurphy if he is sent away?

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