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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. Why do the people in the studio cower from Harrison?

2. What is the title of this short story?

3. Which government organization enforces the laws?

4. What does George think about the ballerinas on television?

5. What does Hazel imply George should remove?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George say he could think through?

2. Would sports exist in Harrison's world?

3. What does Harrison promise the musicians if they play well?

4. What does Harrison outgrow?

5. What are amendments?

6. Why does Diana Moon Glampers silence Harrison?

7. Why are George and Hazel unable to think about their son?

8. What is the reader to assume about Harrison's goals?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How is Harrison unlike any other person? What makes him have an individual personality when everyone else blindly follows the government?

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