View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Saying Trout is on the "outside" means what?
(a) He doesn't have any friends.
(b) He's in hiding.
(c) He's homeless.
(d) He's no longer a convict.

2. About children, Ruth prophesied, "If I had one, it would be a _______."
(a) Genius.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Son.
(d) Monster.

3. What did Starbuck become involved with because of Sarah?
(a) Crime.
(b) Dancing.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) Music.

4. What does the limo driver wear on his uniform?
(a) A name tag.
(b) A red ribbon.
(c) A woman's pin.
(d) The RAMJAC logo.

5. Where did Hapgood go to college?
(a) UCLA.
(b) NYU.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

6. What did McCone offer Starbuck?
(a) A place at Harvard.
(b) A car and a house.
(c) Money.
(d) Status.

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

8. How does Starbuck describe his son?
(a) An unpleasant person.
(b) A prolific writer.
(c) A great athlete.
(d) A short idiot.

9. Why was Sarah furious with Starbuck?
(a) He lied to her.
(b) He had bad intentions.
(c) He was trying to impress her.
(d) He made fun of her dress.

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

11. What was Vonnegut's relationship with Powers Hapgood?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) They had lunch once.
(c) They were college roommates.
(d) They were enemies.

12. What does Carter admire about di Sanza?
(a) His ability to make and save money.
(b) His writing skill.
(c) His ability to get away with crime.
(d) His ease with making friends.

13. In prison, what did Larkin do?
(a) Escaped several times.
(b) Wrote a book.
(c) Betrayed his friends.
(d) Became an evangelical Christian.

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

15. Walter Starbuck is an ex-con, ex-capitalist, and ex-_________.
(a) Socialist.
(b) Writer.
(c) Student.
(d) Husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Starbuck lose all his money?

2. What prompts Starbuck to remember Sarah Wyatt?

3. Looking in the mirror in his new suit, Starbuck observes that he looks _____.

4. When did Starbuck and Ruth meet?

5. Why was Starbuck impacted by the Cuyahoga Massacre?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 395 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample