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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hapgood do for Sacco and Vanzetti?
(a) Send food.
(b) Post bail.
(c) Defend in court.
(d) Protest.

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

3. Whose name is the limo driver's a variation of?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Starbuck.
(d) Clewes.

4. Before going to prison, what was Clewes destined to become?
(a) A politician.
(b) An actor.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A banker.

5. How much money did Starbuck have before he went to prison?
(a) A thousand dollars.
(b) A million dollars.
(c) A few hundred thousand dollars.
(d) A few cents.

6. Why was Clewes sent to prison?
(a) He was a Communist.
(b) He killed someone.
(c) He robbed a bank.
(d) He sold government secrets.

7. In the letter Vonnegut receives, it reads: "_____ may fail."
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Government.
(d) Courage.

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

9. Starbuck makes fun of Nixon for _________.
(a) How much he smokes.
(b) His bad pronunciation.
(c) His bad jokes.
(d) His weight problems.

10. Aside from his wives and girlfriends, who is the fourth woman Starbuck ever loved?
(a) His teacher.
(b) His nanny.
(c) His mother.
(d) His prison guard.

11. Why aren't Clewes and Starbuck friends anymore?
(a) Starbuck betrayed him.
(b) Clewes stole Starbuck's money.
(c) They had a fight.
(d) They drifted apart.

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

13. On the cab ride back to Sarah's apartment, what does Starbuck do?
(a) Cries.
(b) Remains silent.
(c) Smokes.
(d) Yells at her.

14. Where does one Vicuna soul consider going?
(a) College.
(b) Prison.
(c) Back to his home planet.
(d) Saturn.

15. How did Starbuck lose all his money?
(a) He gave it away.
(b) It was taken as evidence.
(c) He made a bad investment.
(d) He gambled it away.

Short Answer Questions

1. In New York, Starbuck stays at the "once ________ Hotel Arapahoe."

2. What would have happened if Vonnegut had received the letter a few years earlier?

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

4. Where does Starbuck's suit look like it came from?

5. On a date with Sarah, Starbuck takes her to an ______ restaurant.

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