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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 does McMurphy do, even as they are hooking him up to the machines?

2. What is the color of the patients' uniforms?

3. Who begins to flirt with the nurses?

4. What does McMurphy ask if the Chief can do?

5. What does the captain need before the trip can begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does McMurphy ask of Chief Broom as they are sharing stories of their lives?

2. What does McMurphy tell Billy he needs to send to Candy for her trip to see him?

3. Why does McMurphy want a day pass from the ward?

4. When the men begin to talk about McMurphy and the things he does, what does Harding remind the men of?

5. Why has Chief Broom been saving up gum?

6. What does Billy maintain in terms of his opinion of McMurphy?

7. During the going away party, they don't really have a plan for not getting caught, so Harding steps in. What does he propose they do?

8. In response to the vetoing of his day pass, what does McMurphy do?

9. What happens when the Captain calls the number the McMurphy gives him in order to validate their liability agreement?

10. What are some of the ways that the men begin to bond together during the fishing trip?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the Chief finally decides to speak, he chooses to speak to McMurphy. This is not the only person that McMurphy helps to open up. Why do you think the patients trust McMurphy? What qualities does he possess that make him a confidant? Do you think McMurphy is actually helping in the patients' respective recoveries? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The nurses in the story run the gamut of nice to downright mean and manipulative. Is there a better nursing style in relation to these patients? Why did you answer the way you did? Choose one nurse character as the ideal nurse for this ward. Why did you choose this nurse? Do you think Nurse Ratched's style is well suited for this ward? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Chief Bromden doesn't realize just how big he is because of others in his life making him feel small. By the end of the book, do you feel Chief Bromden realizes his size? Why or why not? In what other ways does the Chief feel bigger? What actions demonstrate the way Chief's perception of himself and of his life has changed from the beginning of the novel?

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