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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 George think about the ballerinas on television?

2. What sound blares when George think about cheating on the law?

3. Why do people keep their handicaps?

4. Which government organization enforces the laws?

5. What does Hazel think about the ballerinas on television?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George say he could think through?

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

3. Would sports exist in Harrison's world?

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

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

6. What emotion does Hazel express without understanding why?

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

8. Why does Harrison threaten the musicians?

9. Why does Diana Moon Glampers silence Harrison?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

What does George mean when he says that his handicaps are part of him? Is he being honest? Does he really not notice them or is he trying to make his wife feel better?

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