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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do for an entire week when the World Series is supposed to be on?

2. Where does the staff want to send McMurphy?

3. How much does McMurphy bet the other men?

4. What does McMurphy declare that he wants?

5. Who gets up at the end of the Group Meeting, after being quiet the entire time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How could Billy Bibbit be described?

5. What changes McMurphy's mind about the way he has been acting on the ward?

6. Why doesn't Nurse Ratched want McMurphy sent to the Disturbed ward?

7. 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?

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

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

10. What causes Nurse Ratched to fly into a rage at the start of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nurse Ratched runs the ward with a briskness and calmness that in enviable in many ways. However, this lack of feeling also seems to create a higher likelihood of manipulating others for her own gain. That said, do you feel Nurse Ratched might do well to have some time in a mental ward herself? Why or why not? What are her main power issues and communication issues which need to be altered in order for her to live a more loving life?

Essay Topic 2

When the Chief finally decides to speak, he chooses to speak to McMurphy. This is not the only person that McMurphy helps to open up. Why do you think the patients trust McMurphy? What qualities does he possess that make him a confidant? Do you think McMurphy is actually helping in the patients' respective recoveries? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The nurses in the story run the gamut of nice to downright mean and manipulative. Is there a better nursing style in relation to these patients? Why did you answer the way you did? Choose one nurse character as the ideal nurse for this ward. Why did you choose this nurse? Do you think Nurse Ratched's style is well suited for this ward? Why or why not?

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