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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. Mr. Arpad Leen is described as ______.
(a) Outgoing.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Reserved.
(d) Lazy.

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

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

4. What is significant about Trout's name?
(a) It's Starbuck's mother's.
(b) It's catchy.
(c) It's Vonnegut's real name.
(d) It's a pseudonym.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Starbuck become involved with because of Sarah?

2. At the beginning of the prologue, "Kilgore Trout is ________."

3. What does Carter admire about di Sanza?

4. The Arapahoe dining room has been converted into _________.

5. Larkin teases Starbuck about his lack of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Starbuck come to be a millionaire? Why isn't he anymore?

4. How did Starbuck meet his wife, Ruth? Why was the beginning of their relationship rocky?

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

6. How is the theme of interconnection displayed through Starbuck's narrative voice?

7. With Sarah, is Starbuck loving or courteous?

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

9. How is Fender's story of Vicuna a metaphor?

10. How did the Cuyahoga Massacre impact Starbuck?

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