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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. Who is the young man with the speed impediment that makes him stutter?
(a) Chief
(b) Billy Bibbit
(c) Harding
(d) Cheswick

2. What is another name for the narrator of the story?
(a) Billy
(b) Chief Broom
(c) Big Nurse
(d) McMurphy

3. What is one of McMurphy's nicknames?
(a) Napoleon
(b) Towel man
(c) Mack
(d) Ghengis Khan

4. What does McMurphy bet he can do in #24?
(a) Get the men drunk
(b) Get released
(c) Ruffle the feathers of Nurse Ratched
(d) Escape

5. Who are those whose brains have been altered beyond repair?
(a) Acutes
(b) Toasteds
(c) New Admissions
(d) Chronics

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finally raises their hand to help make for a majority?

2. What does Nurse Ratched give to Chief Bromden to calm him?

3. Where does Nurse Ratched go as the men are sitting in front of the TV in silent protest?

4. Who explodes irrationally at Harding?

5. What is EST, according to Harding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes McMurphy's mind about the way he has been acting on the ward?

2. How could Billy Bibbit be described?

3. What do the patients do when Nurse Ratched tells them to get away from the TV?

4. What causes Nurse Ratched to fly into a rage at the start of the novel?

5. How does Chief describe the days in the ward?

6. When Nurse Ratched tells McMurphy that he can not wear a towel when walking around in the ward, what does McMurphy do?

7. What is the most surprising thing that McMurphy learns as they are waiting to be tested for TB?

8. How could the patients of the ward be described?

9. Why doesn't Nurse Ratched want McMurphy sent to the Disturbed ward?

10. What is so special about Harding in relation to the rest of the patients on the ward?

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