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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 "Miss Temptation," what does Fuller want to speak against at divinity school?
(a) Temptation.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) Poverty.

2. How does Catharine feel when Newt tells her he loves her?
(a) She is afraid.
(b) She is frustrated.
(c) She is ecstatic.
(d) She is disinterested.

3. What impresses Vonnegut about the new version of the Random House dictionary?
(a) The long list of editors.
(b) The inclusion of an atlas.
(c) The latin background for each word.
(d) The length of the book.

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

5. What does the salesman do after eating lunch?
(a) He sets up shop on a corner.
(b) He tries to find trustees.
(c) He goes shopping.
(d) He visits a local school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Newt do because he loves Catharine?

2. What does the Sheriff warn Nancy about Billy the Poet?

3. Who stabs Pi Ying?

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

5. When does the stranger say the last time he worked was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Harrison Bergeron escapes from jail?

2. Why does the salesman go home in "Where I Live?"

3. What happens at the diner the night after George finds Jim in the school?

4. What makes David first question the climate and culture of the Works?

5. What happens at the Bergeron house after Harrison is killed?

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

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

8. Why does Eli's father talk to committee members, and what is the result?

9. What happens when Newt proposes marriage to Catharine?

10. Why is the salesman looking for the library trustees?

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