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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Edmund Harrison?

2. What plan does Katherine report on at the Ghost Shirt meeting?

3. How do the company officials react when Dr. Proteus quits his job?

4. How is the oak tree killed?

5. What do the employees watch at the Meadows?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the basic message of the play at the Meadows?

2. Who does Paul see run out of the woods after the Meadows, and why is this important?

3. What does the coach plan to do in order to ensure that his team keeps winning?

4. Why does Halyard lose his degrees?

5. Who does Paul meet on the train, and what do they talk about?

6. What does the great oak symbolize, and what event is held there?

7. When Kroner visits Paul in jail, what does he say Paul can do in order to get a promotion?

8. What are the members of the rebellion doing instead of taking over the specific targets?

9. Why is the writer's novel rejected for publication?

10. Where does the Ghost Shirt Society get its name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do the Reeks and Wrecks and the Army fulfill in society? Do you think that this could actually happen?

Essay Topic 2

Research Kurt Vonnegut's military experience. How do you think these experiences influenced Player Piano?

Essay Topic 3

In the society of the novel, career choices are determined by IQ. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this system? Do you think this would be fair? Provide examples from or references to the book.

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