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

2. What started the Cuyahoga Massacre?
(a) A long time political battle.
(b) A conflict between factory workers and bosses.
(c) A false accusation.
(d) A sibling rivalry.

3. Where were Ruth and Starbuck transferred after their marriage?
(a) Figi.
(b) Another German city.
(c) France.
(d) America.

4. At the beginning of the prologue, "Kilgore Trout is ________."
(a) Dead.
(b) Back again.
(c) Amazing.
(d) Missing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of the Cuyahoga Massacre?

2. What does the limo driver wear on his uniform?

3. In the letter Vonnegut receives, it reads: "_____ may fail."

4. Where did Hapgood go to college?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Cuyahoga Massacre impact Starbuck?

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

3. How is "tension" a major theme in the Prologue?

4. Why does Starbuck cry in the cab home?

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

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

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

8. Is "The Sermon on the Mount" a reasonable defense for Sacco and Vanzetti? Why or why not?

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

10. What ruins Sarah's and Starbuck's date? Why does she insist they leave?

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