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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dr. Cordiner resent Wilbur and Eliza?
(a) Their family is rich.
(b) Their refusal to play small.
(c) Their ugliness.
(d) Their effortless brilliance.

2. Dr. Cordiner believes Wilbur is capable of having a career in what field?
(a) Service.
(b) Research.
(c) Politics.
(d) Medicine.

3. What do people believe about Wilbur and Eliza when they are children?
(a) They are idiots.
(b) They are rocket scientists.
(c) They are the chosen ones.
(d) They are royalty.

4. What is Kurt Vonnegut's ancestry?
(a) German.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Polish.
(d) Russian.

5. Wilbur earns the distinction of the first student to do what at his new school?
(a) Stand on his head.
(b) Start a newspaper.
(c) Take the college boards.
(d) Outsmart one of the teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Cordiner believes Eliza to be incapable of what?

2. What notable position has been held by Wilbur during his lifetime?

3. Where is Melody and Isadore's construction site for their project?

4. Who is the primary caretaker of Wilbur and Eliza when they are children?

5. How are the passages in the mansion described?

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