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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What handicaps does Hazel wear?

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

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

4. What play is being produced in "Who Am I This Time?"

5. What does Fuller see when he waits for Susanna at the drug store the day after he verbally attacked her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during tests of the Euphio?

2. How does George blame himself for his problems in "More Stately Mansions?"

3. What happens after the narrator proposes to Pat?

4. How does Alma describe Foster's childhood to the investor in "The Foster Portfolio?"

5. What does Em catch Lou doing in "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow?"

6. How does Grace react to her home when she returns from the hospital in "More Stately Mansions?"

7. Why does David look for a job at the Works in "Deer in the Works?"

8. What story does the stranger tell Harold?

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

10. How does George reconcile with his family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vonnegut once said: "High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of." How does this quote relate to the story "The Kid Nobody Could Handle?" What type of high school experience is Vonnegut describing? How does this describe the American experience?

Essay Topic 2

Select one story from this collection and write a critical analysis that focuses on the story's relationship to reality. Form an argument about the "usefulness" of the story as many of Vonnegut's tales seem to carry a message or warning for the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the stories from Welcome to the Monkey House and examine the use of symbolism in that story. What do the symbols represent? How does this build the story?

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