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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Wilbur and Eliza demand of Dr. Cordiner?
(a) To leave the property.
(b) To take the same tests.
(c) To test them together.
(d) To stop talking down to them.

2. What sport does Wilbur take up as he gets older?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Golf.

3. When do Bernard and Kurt Vonnegut show physical affection?
(a) Never.
(b) Every day.
(c) Special occasions.
(d) In front of the kids.

4. Where does Eliza eventually die?
(a) Mars.
(b) The Moon.
(c) New York City.
(d) On a plane.

5. How do Wilbur and Eliza's parents refer to the mansion?
(a) The planet.
(b) The haven.
(c) The asteroid.
(d) The prison.

6. Wilbur and Eliza's parents think their 15-year-old children need how much sleep?
(a) 16 hrs.
(b) 15 hrs.
(c) 12 hrs.
(d) 8 hrs.

7. How tall do Wilbur and Eliza grow?
(a) 2 meters.
(b) 3 meters.
(c) .5 meters.
(d) 1.5 meters.

8. Where does Eliza confront her brother after she receives her inheritance?
(a) At work.
(b) The mansion.
(c) Beacon Hill.
(d) School.

9. As children, what skill does Wilbur have that Eliza lacks?
(a) The ability to read.
(b) Creativity.
(c) The ability to jump rope.
(d) Intuitive powers.

10. What are the Chinese researching as Wilbur and Eliza work with Dr. Cordiner?
(a) Atomic bombs.
(b) Telepathy.
(c) The Green Death.
(d) Solar Energy.

11. Melody first gets pregnant at what age?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

12. How tall is the Chinese ambassador?
(a) 3 meters.
(b) 2 meters.
(c) 60 centimeters.
(d) 25 centimeters.

13. In Chapter 5, Wilbur wonders if Dr. Mott ever knew that he and Eliza were what?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Rich.
(d) Mocking him.

14. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what calamity has wiped out the city of New York?
(a) Famine.
(b) Nuclear war.
(c) Depression.
(d) Disease.

15. How are the passages in the mansion described?
(a) Narrow.
(b) Made of white light.
(c) Covered in gold.
(d) Filled with ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kurt Vonnegut write his novels for?

2. When Wilbur is a medical student, he is driven around in what?

3. What do the nurses enjoy doing with the children?

4. If Dr. Mott didn't realize the truth about Wilbur and Eliza, the doctor must have been what?

5. As Wilbur writes his memoir, what are Melody and Isadore building?

(see the answer keys)

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