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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 kind of positions are Starbuck and his friends offered at RAMJAC?
(a) Consultant.
(b) Employee.
(c) Mascot.
(d) Vice president.

2. What was the weather like on the night of the party?
(a) Cold.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Raining.
(d) Hot.

3. What is Mary Kathleen still working towards?
(a) The Communist revolution.
(b) Sanity.
(c) Finding her long lost husband.
(d) Making a million dollars.

4. What does Mary Kathleen not remember?
(a) Her last name.
(b) Her marraige.
(c) Starbuck's crimes.
(d) Her childhood.

5. Whistler appointed himself as ________.
(a) The next president.
(b) The head of RAMJAC.
(c) The leader of protests for Sacco and Vanzetti.
(d) Starbuck's lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Kathleen carry in her plastic bags?

2. Why is Starbuck arrested in the Epilogue?

3. Why does Leen kiss Starbuck's hand?

4. How did all the current RAMJAC employees gain their positions?

5. Why does Clewes leave the reunion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Starbuck's reunions with Mary Kathleen and Clewes a climax of "Jailbird"?

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

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

4. How does Leen feel about Mrs. Graham? How can you tell?

5. Does Clewes accept Starbuck's apology? What is his response?

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

7. What did Starbuck's life with Ruth embody?

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

9. Why does Starbuck give the paramedics Mary Kathleen's maiden name?

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

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