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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Cody, Wyoming, artist who is America's foremost adventurer in the Abstract Expressionist movement?
(a) Jackson Pollock.
(b) George Segal.
(c) Mary Cassatt.
(d) Keith Haring.

2. What novel about the state of people's portable souls does Jane ask Vonnegut to read?
(a) Blood Brothers.
(b) Blood Diamond.
(c) The Brothers Karamazov.
(d) The Brothers Grimm.

3. How are Vonnegut and Elie Wiesel the same?
(a) They both have pet dogs.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They share a German surname.
(d) They are both Jewish.

4. What is the best reason for why Vonnegut's family keeps his mother's insanity and suicide a secret?
(a) They are hoping to avoid repelling prospective in-laws.
(b) They are in denial.
(c) They are embarrassed.
(d) They are saddened by her illness and death.

5. The Vonnegut family expects its family members to go out east to college. Where does the author's dad, Kurt Vonnegut Sr., go to college?
(a) NYU.
(b) MIT.
(c) Harvard.
(d) UCLA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jane Cox's relatives question her marriage to Vonnegut?

2. He compares his adventures at Lake Maxincuckee to what explorer?

3. Kurt Vonnegut Sr. is respected and loved as a founder of what museum?

4. What is his home on Lake Maxincuckee?

5. This book is the sequel to what other book?

(see the answer key)

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