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

2. What was Hapgood's default defense for people?
(a) To mock them.
(b) "The Sermon on the Mount."
(c) To threaten.
(d) To write a scathing article.

3. Whom does Starbuck lavishly tip in front of Sarah?
(a) A waiter.
(b) A magician.
(c) A musician.
(d) A woman.

4. Vonnegut describes Hapgood as a _______ figure.
(a) Colorful.
(b) Tempermental.
(c) Curious.
(d) Mysterious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Larkin teases Starbuck about his lack of what?

2. Starbuck is trying to clear his mind of _____________.

3. After their date, what happens to Sarah's and Starbuck's relationship?

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

5. What does Starbuck say to defend himself to Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Cuyahoga Massacre impact Starbuck?

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

4. How is "a rich man's trash can" a symbol for Starbuck?

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

6. Why does Starbuck cry in the cab home?

7. Is Starbuck's release from prison entering the new or returning to the old?

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

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

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

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