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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. What is the last, ironic word of Chapter 6?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Great."
(c) "Curious."
(d) "Peace."

2. One of the factory workers was whose mother?
(a) Mary Kathleen O'Looney's.
(b) Sarah Wyatt's.
(c) Clewes'.
(d) Starbuck's.

3. How did Starbuck meet Emil Larkin?
(a) He was a co-conspirator in Watergate.
(b) He was a friend in college.
(c) He was Starbuck's old therapist.
(d) He was Ruth's brother.

4. Mrs. Jack Graham is described as eccentric and _______.
(a) Conniving
(b) Reclusive.
(c) Egotistical.
(d) Confrontational.

5. Before going to prison, what was Clewes destined to become?
(a) A politician.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A banker.
(d) An actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the letter Vonnegut receives, it reads: "_______ will prevail."

2. Walter Starbuck is an ex-con, ex-capitalist, and ex-_________.

3. Starbuck says he became involved in Watergate ________.

4. In college, how did Clewes betray Starbuck?

5. In New York, Starbuck stays at the "once ________ Hotel Arapahoe."

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Starbuck's release from prison entering the new or returning to the old?

2. What ruins Sarah's and Starbuck's date? Why does she insist they leave?

3. What are the degrees of separation between Sarah Wyatt and Mary Kathleen O'Looney in Chapter 9?

4. Is an event's existence or its meaning more important to Starbuck? How?

5. Why does the red ribbon on Starbuck's suit cause trouble?

6. What does Starbuck's release from prison mark?

7. Why did Starbuck agree to be McCone's protégé?

8. How did Starbuck come to be a millionaire? Why isn't he anymore?

9. How did Starbuck meet his wife, Ruth? Why was the beginning of their relationship rocky?

10. What is the significance of "Kilgore Trout" being a pseudonym?

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