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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. The first woman Wilbur marries is what?
2. How do the middle names interfere with battle?
3. At his graduation, what does Walter assume his mother has bought him?
4. Wilbur assigns himself what new middle name?
5. When does Wilbur learn of Eliza's death?
Short Essay Questions
1. Once Wilbur implements the middle name system, how does the Daffodil Club change?
2. In Indianapolis, what does it mean if you are not a Daffodil?
3. What does Mashuri invent?
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. After gravity shifts for the first time, everyone is crying for help. What does Wilbur do?
7. During their reunion, Wilbur and Eliza do what to their mother, the servants, and Mushari?
8. Why is Rose unhappy with her marriage to Wilbur?
9. How are those with the same noun in their middle name related?
10. After Eliza is released from the mental institution, how does she express her anger to her brother?
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
Wilbur and Eliza reveal their intelligence to their caretakers at the mansion in a cautious and deliberate fashion. Analyze this reveal and its results.
1) What actions do they take to reveal the truth about their intelligence?
2) What actions do they take to protect the adults when they learn the truth?
3) What actions do they take when they do not receive the response they were expecting?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, the definition of family takes many different forms. Analyze the idea of family as it appears in the novel.
1) How can family exist outside of blood relatives?
2) What does family mean to Kurt Vonnegut?
2) What does family mean to Wilbur?
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