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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Hyannis Port Story," what meeting does Robert Taft Rumfoord interrupt?

2. In "The Lie," what grade level attends school at Whitehill Academy?

3. What does Eli do when the Whitehill headmaster enters the dining room?

4. What is the Pioneers Parade?

5. When Heinz gets home, what does he say to himself in German?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Reflect on the title of this collection of stories. How is Welcome to the Monkey House an appropriate title? In way was it inappropriate for this set of stories?

Essay Topic 2

Vonnegut once said: "High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of." How does this quote relate to the story "The Kid Nobody Could Handle?" What type of high school experience is Vonnegut describing? How does this describe the American experience?

Essay Topic 3

East coast settings prevail in Welcome to the Monkey House. Choose two or three of the stories where the setting functions as a character. Explain how the setting is like a character, what it does for the plot and the people in it, and what the setting is meant to represent.

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