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Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
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of 5
What is the subject of the book that Cat's Cradle's narrator once set out to write?
The invention of soap
Bokonism
Theoretical isotopes of water
The bombing of Hiroshima
2
of 5
According to Newt Hoenikker, what was his father, Felix, doing as the bomb he helped design detonated over Hiroshima?
Listening to the radio
Making sketches
Reading the Bible
Playing cat's cradle
3
of 5
What did Felix Honeikker name the water isotope that he believed would solidify liquids at room temperature?
"Quick-dry"
"The medusa particle"
"Ice-nine"
"Light ice"
4
of 5
What religion do the people of San Lorenzo follow?
Bokonism
Buddhism
Scientology
Voodoo
5
of 5
Who succeeds Monzano as dictator of San Lorenzo after Frank refuses the position?
Mona
Felix
John
Newt
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