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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. When Dr. Mott comes to Wilbur's graduation party, how does Wilbur react to the doctor?

3. Vera and her husband once worked as what?

4. What color does Wilbur paint the oval office, after receiving his new middle name?

5. What does Vera give Wilbur for his 100th birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the new system for middle names?

4. What does a meeting at the Thirteen Club look like?

5. What does the new religious cult believe?

6. What does Mashuri invent?

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

8. When Melody plucks a chicken for a rooftop picnic, what happens to the feathers and why?

9. When Wilbur finishes speaking with Eliza in the afterlife, what does he plan to do and why?

10. When Wilbur attends a Daffodil meeting, what surprises him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Witnessing Dr. Cordiner's treatment of her children, Letitia acts like a mother for the first time. Write a brief essay examining Letitia's overall behavior as a mother and this momentary transformation.

Essay Topic 2

In the Prologue, Kurt Vonnegut discusses his heritage and why it had to be hidden away.

1) What is his heritage, and how did it shape who he is?

2) Why was he forced to hide his heritage?

3) How did this affect his life?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, the Chinese create inventions that could help Wilbur and Eliza resolve many of their physical and personal issues. These inventions are mentioned in passing. Select a moment in the text where one of these inventions are mentioned and analyze what this invention could resolve for Wilbur or Eliza.

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