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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. Where does Harrison escape from?

2. What does Harrison do to the studio door?

3. How often do the earpiece handicaps make noise?

4. Who has more handicaps than anyone ever had?

5. Which character accepts Harrison's challenge to rise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are amendments?

2. Would sports exist in Harrison's world?

3. How does Hazel explain her tears when George returns?

4. What is the reader to assume about Harrison's goals?

5. Why does Hazel not tell George about the murder?

6. Why are George and Hazel unable to think about their son?

7. What does Harrison look like when he crashes into the studio?

8. What happens when the Emperor and Empress dance?

9. Why does George miss his son's execution?

10. What is the penalty for removing balls of birdshot from a handicap?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the good of the few worth sacrificing the good of the many? How does Vonnegut answer this question? Is your opinion the same or different?

Essay Topic 2

Does our current government have too much control over its citizens? If the scenario in this story existed, do you think individuals would rise up in protest? Could there be a middle ground of compromise?

Essay Topic 3

Is Diana Moon Glampers exempt from handicaps? Would you expect her to have more handicaps than the general public? How would her position and ability to enforce the law be affected?

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