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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Billy the Poet disguise himself from Nancy?
(a) With a ski mask.
(b) With a trench coat.
(c) With a rubber mask.
(d) With glasses and a wig.

2. What interrupts the Bergerons while they are watching television?
(a) A bad storm.
(b) A breaking news notice.
(c) A telephone call.
(d) Interuppted cable service.

3. Who is the narrator of "Where I Live?"
(a) The salesman.
(b) A third person narrator.
(c) The salesman conscience.
(d) A young, female resident of Barnstown.

4. What was one of the biggest changes to occur in Barnstable?
(a) A new treasurer.
(b) A new mayor.
(c) A new road.
(d) A new mailman.

5. How does Harry behave whenever he is done acting?
(a) Secluded.
(b) Outgoing.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Cruel.

6. Who kills Harrison Bergeron?
(a) Paula Star Chompers.
(b) Rebecca Cloud Clappers.
(c) Mary Sun Kisser.
(d) Diana Moon Glampers.

7. When does the stranger say the last time he worked was?
(a) Earlier that day.
(b) When he was nine.
(c) Last week.
(d) He's never worked.

8. How much are Foster's securities worth?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $750,000.
(c) $250,000.
(d) $500,000.

9. What does Foster do at the restaurant he claims to work at in "The Foster Portfolio?"
(a) Serve drinks.
(b) Pass out pamphlets.
(c) Play the piano.
(d) Wash dishes.

10. What do the narrator and Anne give Grace and George?
(a) An ottoman.
(b) A filing cabinet.
(c) A box of cookies.
(d) A coffee table.

11. How does the narrator describe Newt's way of talking?
(a) Formal.
(b) Crude.
(c) Casual.
(d) Professional.

12. Who is the narrator in "Who Am I This Time?"
(a) A director.
(b) An unknown person.
(c) A producer.
(d) An actor.

13. What does Catharine say when Newt proposes marriage?
(a) No.
(b) You wish.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

14. What does Billy the Poet send Nancy?
(a) A long letter.
(b) A dirty poem.
(c) A dozen roses.
(d) A love poem.

15. Who is required to take ethical birth control pills?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Test subjects.
(c) Men between 18 and 50.
(d) Teenage women.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Foster Portfolio," who left Foster the securities?

2. How does Catharine feel when Newt tells her he loves her?

3. What do ethical birth control pills do?

4. In "Welcome to the Monkey House," what is the Kennedy Compound?

5. What does Vonnegut praise about dictionaries in "New Dictionary?"

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