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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does Vonnegut receive a letter?
(a) A fan.
(b) His wife.
(c) His editor.
(d) His mother.

2. Who leaves the limo?
(a) An old friend of Starbuck's.
(b) A child.
(c) A famous prisoner.
(d) A famous actress.

3. Starbuck sees the Cuyahoga Massacre as a _______.
(a) Triumph.
(b) Myth.
(c) Legend.
(d) Sign.

4. Sarah's family painted their clocks with _______.
(a) Water color.
(b) Wood stain.
(c) Radium.
(d) Black paint.

5. What did Starbuck's son change his name to?
(a) His mother's maiden name.
(b) His wife's name.
(c) Back to the original Polish.
(d) A fake name.

6. Vicuna is a metaphor for _______.
(a) Fender.
(b) Starbuck.
(c) Prison.
(d) Communism.

7. What is the last, ironic word of Chapter 6?
(a) "Great."
(b) "Love."
(c) "Peace."
(d) "Curious."

8. In college, how did Clewes betray Starbuck?
(a) He stole money from him.
(b) He got him expelled.
(c) He stole his journal.
(d) He stole a girl from him.

9. When did Starbuck and Ruth meet?
(a) After he was released from prison.
(b) During the Watergate Scandal.
(c) After World War II.
(d) In college.

10. One of the factory workers was whose mother?
(a) Mary Kathleen O'Looney's.
(b) Clewes'.
(c) Sarah Wyatt's.
(d) Starbuck's.

11. The people of Vicuna have the capacity to do what?
(a) Change their appearance.
(b) See into the future.
(c) Come back to life.
(d) Leave their bodies.

12. Sarah's family wanted their clocks to be readable ______.
(a) In the dark.
(b) To blind people.
(c) Clearly.
(d) In code.

13. The Arapahoe dining room has been converted into _________.
(a) A dance hall.
(b) A casino.
(c) A cinema.
(d) A storage room.

14. In New York, Starbuck stays at the "once ________ Hotel Arapahoe."
(a) Run-down.
(b) Small.
(c) Bankrupt.
(d) Fashionable.

15. Why was Ruth reserved about relationships?
(a) She'd read too many romance novels.
(b) She'd been divorced before.
(c) She was disillusioned with humanity.
(d) Her parents were unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the maitre de at the Arapahoe wear on his lapel?

2. What was Starbuck's relationship with Alexander Hamilton McCone?

3. Why was Sarah furious with Starbuck?

4. What is Starbuck's relationship with his prison guard?

5. Where does one Vicuna soul consider going?

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