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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 does Harrison remove from the ballerina?

2. How are Harrison's natural looks described?

3. What is a hindrance?

4. Where does Harrison escape from?

5. What is George's intelligence level?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of disabling the dancers?

3. Why does Diana Moon Glampers silence Harrison?

4. What are Harrison's handicap motivations?

5. What emotion does Hazel express without understanding why?

6. What are amendments?

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

8. Why is Harrison's police photo displayed in the wrong direction?

9. What is the purpose of Harrison's glasses?

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

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

On Page 768, the Emperor and Empress listen gravely, synchronizing their heartbeats. In what other ways does the author show the couple's instant connection?

Essay Topic 3

Is the good of the few worth sacrificing the good of the many? How does Vonnegut answer this question? Is your opinion the same or different?

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