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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 type of clothing do Wilbur and Eliza wear as children?
(a) They do not wear clothing.
(b) Rags.
(c) Circus costumes.
(d) The latest fashions.

2. What does Eliza want her grave stone to read?
(a) "Here lies Betty Brown."
(b) "The Better Half."
(c) "Oldie but Goodie."
(d) "Nothing Without You."

3. Melody buries her stillborn baby in what?
(a) A tin can.
(b) A humidor box.
(c) A shoe box.
(d) A coffin.

4. Wilbur and Eliza's parents think their 15-year-old children need how much sleep?
(a) 8 hrs.
(b) 15 hrs.
(c) 16 hrs.
(d) 12 hrs.

5. As a child, what is Eliza especially good at?
(a) Quantum physics.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Solving problems.
(d) Cleaning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Wilbur at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. Alice refers to her death as what?

4. Wilbur paints what game on the floor of the Empire State building?

5. What is Kurt Vonnegut's ancestry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As a child, why was Wilbur worried about Dr. Mott?

3. When Dr. Cordiner belittles Wilbur and Eliza in front of their mother, how does Letitia react?

4. What is Wilbur's mood at the beginning of Slapstick: Or, Lonesome No More!?

5. What is Wilbur doing at the beginning of Slapstick: Or, Lonesome No More!?

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

7. When their father seems conflicted about their intelligence, how do Wilbur and Eliza react?

8. What do Melody and Isadore use to build their pyramid?

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

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

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