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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. Who do Melody and Isadore believe is the most important being in history?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) All of these.
(c) Santa Claus.
(d) Wilbur.

2. What university does Wilbur attend?
(a) Yale.
(b) Duke.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Hampshire.

3. Who is Eliza's prince?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her fiance.
(c) The ambassador to China.
(d) Her father.

4. How tall is the Chinese ambassador?
(a) 60 centimeters.
(b) 3 meters.
(c) 25 centimeters.
(d) 2 meters.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what calamity has wiped out the city of New York?
(a) Disease.
(b) Nuclear war.
(c) Famine.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernard practices what type of science?

2. Where does Wilbur live at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. The day after their 15th birthday, what do Wilbur and Eliza do for the first time?

4. Alice refers to her death as what?

5. In Chapter 5, Wilbur expresses hope that Dr. Mott felt what for him and his sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Kurt Vonnegut consider his family, in addition to his immediate family?

2. On their 15th birthday, why is Wilbur and Eliza's mother so disturbed by their mental incapacity?

3. When Dr. Mott learns the truth about Wilbur and Eliza, how does he react?

4. Why does Wilbur want to believe that Dr. Mott knew the truth about Wilbur and Eliza?

5. As Wilbur writes his memoirs, he discovers Melody and Isadore are planning a what?

6. In what style does Kurt Vonnegut intend to write Slapstick: Or, Lonesome No More!?

7. When Wilbur is older, he reads reports written by Dr. Mott regarding Wilbur and Eliza. What type of information do these reports contain?

8. Why are Wilbur and Eliza sent away to live at the mansion instead of with their parents?

9. According to Wilbur, why have people stopped visiting Manhattan?

10. While Wilbur excels in school, what happens to Eliza?

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