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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 was the cause of Mary Kathleen's death?
(a) Cancer.
(b) She was hit by a taxi.
(c) She was poisoned.
(d) Mr. Graham shot her.

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

3. How are Mary Kathleen's final wishes not being met?
(a) Starbuck wasn't made vice president.
(b) There's no memorial statue for her.
(c) RAMJAC belongs to corporations.
(d) She isn't burried next to her husband.

4. Starbuck finds Mary Kathleen in a _______.
(a) Train.
(b) Chair.
(c) Washroom.
(d) Bed.

5. How does Clewes view his time in prison?
(a) The worst time of his life.
(b) It was a nice break from reality.
(c) The best thing that could have happened to him.
(d) It was what he deserved, so he accepted it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Clewes' wife?

2. Why does Starbuck wake up so early?

3. Mary Kathleen is concerned there is no _____ in the world.

4. Starbuck tells the harp salesman he is looking for a market for ______.

5. Who arrives at the end of Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As far as Starbuck knows, why are he and the other "saints" at Leen's apartment?

3. What is ironic about Mary Kathleen's death?

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

5. Why does the harp salesman want to call the police on Starbuck?

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

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

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

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

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

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