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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. In "All the King's Horses," where were Kelly and his family headed when their plane crashed?
(a) The middle east.
(b) China.
(c) India.
(d) Vietnam.

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

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

4. Why does Mrs. Hagar come running to her house in "Next Door?"
(a) She wants to make up with her husband.
(b) She wants to yell at her husband.
(c) She was robbed.
(d) She wants money from her husband.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Bergerons watching on television?

2. Who is required to take ethical birth control pills?

3. How does the narrator initially feel about George in "More Stately Mansions?"

4. Who auditions to play Stella in the play?

5. Why does Newt tell Catharine he may be punished heavily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the narrator proposes to Pat?

2. What decision does Susanna make at the end of "Miss Temptation?"

3. What revelation does Nancy have in "Welcome to the Monkey House?"

4. How does Vonnegut seem to contradict himself in "New Dictionary?"

5. Why does Paul call the radio station in "Next Door?"

6. What has happened to the Kennedy Compound?

7. Why does the professor speak against Euphios in "The Euphio Question?"

8. In "The Lie," why is Eli so nervous about telling his father his entrance exam results?

9. How does Gramps end up happy at the end of "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow?"

10. What happens during tests of the Euphio?

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