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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. In which year is the story set?

2. What does George say is a danger from the past?

3. What is Harrison accused of?

4. What is George's intelligence level?

5. Who is George shocked to see on television?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to George and Hazel's television?

3. What does Harrison outgrow?

4. What happens when the Emperor and Empress dance?

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

6. What are Harrison's handicap motivations?

7. What kind of sounds does George hear in his earpiece?

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

9. Why does Harrison threaten the musicians?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On page 764, Hazel says that if anyone should know what normal is, it is her. What is normal about Hazel? Why does she not wear handicaps? How does the narrator view Hazel?

Essay Topic 2

How does Hazel feel about the sounds George hears? What would she do if she could be Handicapper General? Is Hazel compassionate, jealous, or both?

Essay Topic 3

Is Diana Moon Glampers exempt from handicaps? Would you expect her to have more handicaps than the general public? How would her position and ability to enforce the law be affected?

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