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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. How much weight does Harrison carry?
(a) 30 pounds.
(b) 3 pounds.
(c) 3,000 pounds.
(d) 300 pounds.

2. What does Hazel wish for George?
(a) Reality.
(b) Peace of mind.
(c) Rest.
(d) Calm.

3. What is George's radio tuned to?
(a) Top 40.
(b) Chicago Cubs.
(c) Whale sounds.
(d) Government transmitter.

4. Which point of view is the story told from?
(a) Second.
(b) Third.
(c) First.
(d) Fourth.

5. How old is Harrison?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diana Moon Glampers force the musicians to do?

2. How does the reader know that two dancers have radios?

3. Why does the ballerina disguise her voice?

4. What does Harrison say everyone must do?

5. What is Harrison's mental ability?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hazel feel about the sounds George hears?

2. How does the audience know that the ballerina who speaks is beautiful?

3. How does Hazel explain her tears when George returns?

4. Why does Diana Moon Glampers silence Harrison?

5. What is the penalty for removing balls of birdshot from a handicap?

6. Would sports exist in Harrison's world?

7. How are Harrison's physical handicaps unique?

8. What is humorous about Hazel repeating her doozy remark at the end of the story?

9. What does Harrison look like when he crashes into the studio?

10. Is Harrison a hero or a threat?

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