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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 name did Starbuck give to the paramedics for Mary Kathleen?
(a) O'Looney.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Graham.
(d) Starbuck.

2. Starbuck is forgotten in the police precinct for ________.
(a) Eight hours.
(b) All night.
(c) An hour.
(d) Two days.

3. What does Starbuck say to Clewes?
(a) He's missed him.
(b) He forgot about him.
(c) He's sorry.
(d) He is happy to be out.

4. While unpacking at the Arapahoe, what does Starbuck wonder?
(a) What tomorrow will bring.
(b) What he should eat for dinner.
(c) Where his girlfriends are today.
(d) How he came to be here.

5. How do Sarah and Starbuck speak to each other on the phone?
(a) Like they'd never met.
(b) Like they were bickering parents.
(c) Like they still hated eachother.
(d) Like they did when they were dating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives at the end of Chapter 16?

2. Mary Kathleen calls the men who've helped Starbuck "_____."

3. What was the weather like on the night of the party?

4. Before he ran RAMJAC, what did Jack Graham do?

5. Mary Kathleen takes Starbuck to the top of _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. How far has Leland Clewes come since Starbuck last saw him?

2. Does Mary Kathleen believe people are good? Why or why not?

3. How is Vonnegut invoking the senses of Starbuck's experience in his writing?

4. Why doesn't Mary Kathleen remember the bad things of Starbuck's life?

5. Why are Starbuck, Clewes, Edel, and Ubriaco "saints" to Mary Kathleen?

6. How does Starbuck view his role in the universe?

7. What does Mary Kathleen personify? What is Vonnegut saying?

8. How does Leen mistake Starbuck for Mrs. Graham?

9. Why does Starbuck cry when he sees Mary Kathleen?

10. What is rain supposed to symbolize in the Epilogue?

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