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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. Eliza recites what to Wilbur, on the night of his graduation?

2. How old is Wilbur when he gets remarried?

3. At his graduation, what does Walter assume his mother has bought him?

4. What is Wilbur's family newspaper called?

5. What does the expression "going to China" mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the new system for middle names?

2. What causes the Green Death?

3. When Wilbur attends a Daffodil meeting, what surprises him?

4. What scientific discovery has been made by Dr. von Peterswald?

5. Walter finds it disturbing to be around the religious members of the kidnapped Jesus cult for what reason?

6. When Wilbur finishes speaking with Eliza in the afterlife, what does he plan to do and why?

7. On his way to speak with the dead, why does Wilbur stop by Indianapolis?

8. Why is Rose unhappy with her marriage to Wilbur?

9. When Wilbur returns to his graduation party, people think that Eliza's voice had come from where?

10. During their reunion, Wilbur and Eliza do what to their mother, the servants, and Mushari?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Once the Green Death has hit Manhattan, the bar for knowledge drops substantially. Examine the lack of traditional intelligence in the futuristic United States, citing examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

In the Prologue, Kurt Vonnegut reveals the secret technique behind his writing ability.

1) What is the secret?

2) Why does this work for him?

3) Why is this information significant?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the childhood of Kurt Vonnegut and Wilbur.

1) What are the similarities?

2) What are the differences?

3) Why might the author have chosen to work with these particular themes?

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