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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are the people of Vicuna leaving their planet?
(a) They heard of a better one.
(b) They're bored with it.
(c) Their population is too great.
(d) It's dying.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About children, Ruth prophesied, "If I had one, it would be a _______."

2. What prompts Starbuck to remember Sarah Wyatt?

3. Why was Starbuck in Nuremberg?

4. Why was Starbuck impacted by the Cuyahoga Massacre?

5. Starbuck says he became involved in Watergate ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Did Ruth's prophesy about her son come true? What is the nature of Starbuck and Ruth's son?

2. After receiving the fan letter, why did Vonnegut feel he didn't need to write this or other books?

3. Is an event's existence or its meaning more important to Starbuck? How?

4. How prevalent is "identity" in the Prologue? Why and how is it used?

5. What effect do Starbuck's relationships have on him? What is he relationship with himself?

6. Upon being released from prison, why does Starbuck stay at the Hotel Arapahoe?

7. What are the degrees of separation between Sarah Wyatt and Mary Kathleen O'Looney in Chapter 9?

8. Why did Starbuck agree to be McCone's protégé?

9. What is the significance of "Kilgore Trout" being a pseudonym?

10. What was the nature of Starbuck's relationship with Nixon?

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