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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. Whose brains does Fleon study?
(a) Those who are Irish and Scotish.
(b) People of the Mensa and those who die in stupid accidents.
(c) Those who are American and Chinese.
(d) Those who are old and young.

2. What did Vonnegut hate to see his friend from war lose?
(a) His determination.
(b) His religious faith.
(c) His strength.
(d) His fiance.

3. Who fell down once free will kicked in?
(a) People who were flying.
(b) People who were sitting.
(c) People who were standing.
(d) People who were walking.

4. What were Vonnegut's sibling's lives like?
(a) Unremarkable, yet satisfying.
(b) Long and suspended.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad and hard.

5. What is the guard's name that mistakes Trout for a bag lady?
(a) Dudly Prize.
(b) Prince Dudly.
(c) Dudley Prince.
(d) Prince Duds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fleon acquire the brains he examines?

2. Where was the atomic bomb invented?

3. Who wrote about Fleon Sunoco?

4. Who is Monica Pepper?

5. What does Vonnegut compare his action of stripping out the bad pieces to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Monica Pepper?

2. Describe Zoltan and Trout's relationship as adolescents.

3. Describe what the author details in the prologue.

4. Discuss the addictions Vonnegut describes.

5. How does Vonnegut feel about his own writing?

6. What idea does Vonnegut explore about human actions?

7. What is a timequake?

8. What type of writing does Trout want to write?

9. What happened to people in the western hemisphere when the timequake ended and why?

10. Why does Zoltan become excited in Chapter 19?

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