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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susanna do at the pharmacy in "Miss Temptation?"
(a) Sings and dances.
(b) Look for work.
(c) Reads the newspaper.
(d) Steals prescriptions.

2. How does the narrator initially feel about George in "More Stately Mansions?"
(a) That he is too funny.
(b) That he is too quiet.
(c) That he is too forward.
(d) That he is too worried.

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

4. What does Catharine feel when she watches Newt sleeping?
(a) Adoration.
(b) Nervousness.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Fear.

5. What surprises Vonnegut about new dictionaries?
(a) The inclusion of works of art.
(b) The long definitions.
(c) The number of words.
(d) The lack of foreign langauge translation.

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

7. In "Long Walk to Forever," where do Newt and Catharine take a nap?
(a) In an orchard.
(b) At Catharine's house.
(c) In a car.
(d) At a motel.

8. On the giant chess board, what piece is Kelly?
(a) The black king.
(b) The white king.
(c) The white bishop.
(d) A black pawn.

9. How does Billy the Poet put Nancy to sleep?
(a) With sleeping pills.
(b) With a boring story.
(c) With truth serum.
(d) With alcohol.

10. In "The Foster Portfolio," who left Foster the securities?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His investor.
(d) His father.

11. What does Pi Ying threaten those who complain with?
(a) Fees.
(b) Death.
(c) Prison time.
(d) Torture.

12. Who does Paul call at the radio station?
(a) DJ All-Night Sam.
(b) DJ Mike Spike Slam.
(c) DJ DJ Night.
(d) DJ Tonight's Right.

13. What does Foster learn about his securities after their analysis?
(a) They are worth more than he thought.
(b) They are essentially worthless.
(c) They are worth less than he thought.
(d) They need to be reinvested.

14. What does Fuller see when he waits for Susanna at the drug store the day after he verbally attacked her?
(a) Moving men.
(b) Delivery men.
(c) No one.
(d) Angry men.

15. What makes Harrison Bergeron so dangerous according to officials?
(a) He isn't wearing handicaps.
(b) He isn't of sane mind.
(c) He is too tall and strong.
(d) He is wearing too many handicaps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susanna ask Fuller when he gives her papers?

2. What do the narrator and Anne give Grace and George?

3. What makes the rest of New England different from Barnstable?

4. Who kills Harrison Bergeron?

5. In "Miss Temptation," what does Fuller want to speak against at divinity school?

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