The New Guy
He arrives on the ward with a "loud" laugh and a "gambling fool" attitude
Who is Randle P. McMurphy?
Chief Bromden calls this person the head of the "Combine."
Who is Nurse Ratched?
This type of Chronic patient is physically mobile, unlike "Wheelers" or "Vegetables".
What is a Walker?
McMurphy learns that Nurse Ratched determines this, making his rebellion riskier.
What is the length of his stay?
Chief Bromden tricks everyone into thinking he is this.
What is deaf and dumb (mute)?
Randle Patrick McMurphy was transferred to the psychiatric ward from this specific type of penal institution.
What is a prison work farm?
These are the staff members Ratched hires because they are full of hate.
Who are the black boys/orderlies?
A patient and a former football player. This character reveals a key fact to McMurphy—that committed patients can leave only when Nurse Ratched permits.
Who is the lifeguard?
McMurphy tells the men that the hospital is a place that acts as a "pecking party," a metaphor for this.
What is a society that tears down its members?
Chief traceably links his delusions back to his military service during this specific historical global conflict
What is World War II?
This is the nickname McMurphy gives himself to describe his role as the leader of the patients.
What is the "Bull Goose Looney"?
This is what Chief believes fills the room to hide the patients from reality
What is the fog?
Nurse Ratched encourages the Acutes to write in this specific object to snitch on one another in exchange for extra sleep.
What is the logbook?
The number of votes McMurphy needs to win the television privileges, which he barely secures when Chief unexpectedly raises his hand.
What is twenty?
Chief is of this cultural heritage, which he says was "worked down" by the government.
What is Native American (Columbia Indian)?
The specific medical diagnosis given to McMurphy by the work farm doctors, which he openly brags about to the other patients.
What is a psychopath?
This is the phrase McMurphy uses to describe the therapeutic meetings.
What is a "pecking party"?
This patient is a "Chronic" who is obsessed with the date and says he was "born dead."
Who is Pete Bancini?
This is the punishment ward where rebellious patients are sent to undergo intense electroshock therapy.
What is the Disturbed ward?
Chief describes himself in the, "I'm not just talking about my wife, I'm talking about my life" quote as feeling this way about himself.
What is small/insignificant?
McMurphy attempts to pick up this extremely heavy object to break the window
What is the control panel in the tub room?
Ratched controls the patients by threatening to tell this person about their secrets.
Who is Billy Bibbit's mother?
This patient was once an Acute. Excessive electroshock therapy transformed this character into a Chronic. In the daytime, he is nailed to the wall. He frequently urinates on himself.
Who is Ellis?
Nurse Ratched revokes this specific privilege as a collective punishment after the patients protest her schedule.
What is the game room?
"No, that's not the truth. I lifted it myself." Who says this?
Who is Chief Bromden?