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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about Trout's name?
(a) It's Vonnegut's real name.
(b) It's catchy.
(c) It's Starbuck's mother's.
(d) It's a pseudonym.

2. What did Starbuck's son change his name to?
(a) His wife's name.
(b) A fake name.
(c) His mother's maiden name.
(d) Back to the original Polish.

3. Mr. Arpad Leen is described as ______.
(a) Reserved.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Outgoing.
(d) Selfish.

4. Starbuck realizes that by leaving prison he is rejoining _________.
(a) The world of crime.
(b) The free enterprise system.
(c) The fishbowl.
(d) The unbearable lightness of being.

5. What started the Cuyahoga Massacre?
(a) A conflict between factory workers and bosses.
(b) A false accusation.
(c) A long time political battle.
(d) A sibling rivalry.

6. The people of Vicuna have the capacity to do what?
(a) Leave their bodies.
(b) Change their appearance.
(c) Come back to life.
(d) See into the future.

7. What did Hapgood do for Sacco and Vanzetti?
(a) Protest.
(b) Defend in court.
(c) Post bail.
(d) Send food.

8. Vonnegut describes Hapgood as a _______ figure.
(a) Tempermental.
(b) Colorful.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Curious.

9. Why aren't Clewes and Starbuck friends anymore?
(a) They drifted apart.
(b) They had a fight.
(c) Clewes stole Starbuck's money.
(d) Starbuck betrayed him.

10. In the letter Vonnegut receives, it reads: "_____ may fail."
(a) Courage.
(b) Government.
(c) Love.
(d) Money.

11. When was the last time Starbuck stayed at the Hotel Arapahoe?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1925.

12. For whom did Hapgood crusade?
(a) The elderly.
(b) Veterans.
(c) The disadvantaged.
(d) Animals.

13. Starbuck is released from prison in _____.
(a) 1967.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1979.

14. How did Starbuck lose all his money?
(a) It was taken as evidence.
(b) He made a bad investment.
(c) He gave it away.
(d) He gambled it away.

15. What does the letter Vonnegut receives summarize?
(a) The idea of classics.
(b) His life.
(c) The idea of his life's work.
(d) The problem with America.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Starbuck met Ruth, what was she?

2. What were the repercussions for Starbuck's involvement in Watergate?

3. Israel Edel now works for ________.

4. Sarah's family painted their clocks with _______.

5. The Arapahoe dining room has been converted into _________.

(see the answer keys)

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