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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. What do most people give Vera as a gift?

2. Eliza recites what to Wilbur, on the night of his graduation?

3. What does the King of Lake Maxinkuckee want control of?

4. Where do the Raspberries get an antidote for the Green Death?

5. During Wilbur's first year in office, what is the mental state of most Americans?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Indianapolis, what does it mean if you are not a Daffodil?

2. Why is Rose unhappy with her marriage to Wilbur?

3. On his way to speak with the dead, why does Wilbur stop by Indianapolis?

4. Why does Sophie object to her new middle name?

5. After gravity shifts for the first time, everyone is crying for help. What does Wilbur do?

6. What does the King of Lake Maxinkuckee want Wilbur to sign?

7. Following the reunion orgy and separation from Wilbur, in what fashion does Eliza live her life?

8. What happens to Wilbur the first time that gravity shifts?

9. What scientific discovery has been made by Dr. von Peterswald?

10. During their reunion, Wilbur and Eliza do what to their mother, the servants, and Mushari?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine why Wilbur and Eliza avoid one another following their reunion orgy. What is their relationship after this orgy?

Essay Topic 2

Many of the characters in the novel represent members of Kurt Vonnegut's real and extended family. Citing examples from the text, examine the purpose of this comparison and why it is revealed in the Prologue.

Essay Topic 3

As the children become adults, they are no longer the same. Wilbur finds a way to channel his disfigurements into a productive lifestyle whereas Eliza struggles with this. Write an essay examining the struggle the children experience as they become adults.

1) How are the Wilbur and Eliza physically and mentally different from others?

2) Wilbur uses his defects to create strengths. Why is Eliza unable to do this?

3) How do the children change as adults?

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