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

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

3. What does McMurphy say the previous doctor he had diagnosed him with?
(a) Being a psychopath
(b) Being a cannibal
(c) Being a predator
(d) Being a lost cause

4. What do Nurse Ratched and McMurphy battle about?
(a) The volume of the radio
(b) The medication schedule
(c) The food
(d) The decorating scheme

5. What does McMurphy do to get the attention of everyone?
(a) He screams
(b) He punches he hand through the glass window
(c) He strips
(d) He sings

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nurse Ratched suggest has happened to McMurphy as he is singing in the hallway?

2. What does McMurphy do as a result of the swimming trip?

3. What does Nurse Ratched put away at the end of the meeting?

4. What does Nurse Ratched remind McMurphy of?

5. Why does Nurse Ratched do what she does in #56?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Chief Bromden allowed to be in the meeting room when Nurse Ratched and the other members of the medical team are having a meeting?

2. When Nurse Ratched tells McMurphy that he can not wear a towel when walking around in the ward, what does McMurphy do?

3. What is so special about Harding in relation to the rest of the patients on the ward?

4. How does McMurphy try to help Harding after the Group Meeting?

5. Who is described as being alert and chipper, unlike other new admissions?

6. What does Nurse Ratched tell the young black men to do before breakfast?

7. While the men understand McMurphy's change in behavior, what tragic event occurs that makes the ward go back to its normal routine?

8. Why does the shaving of his head upset Chief Bromden?

9. Which patients are the ones who have the highest likelihood of being cured?

10. Harding's wife comes to visit, causing everyone to see why she upsets him so much. What is McMurphy's reaction when Harding asks McMurphy his opinion of his wife?

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