Who is the narrator?
Bromden
What bet does McMurphy make with the other patients?
That he can get underneath the nurse's skin
What is the fog?
Where Bromden and the other patient's go to dissociate
How does the nurse use the log book to control the patients?
She bribes them to snitch on each other.
Which of the patients are admitted to the hospital involuntarily?
McMurphy and Bromden
Why is Bromden able to observe everything in the ward?
Where was McMurphy before being moved to the hospital?
A work farm.
What is the "combine"
The society of the ward
How does the nurse use manipulation on Billy in the end of the novel?
She makes him feel bad about sleeping with the woman in the hospital. She threatens to tell his mother.
Why does McMurphy call the group therapy sessions a pecking party?
Because the patients are all tearing into each other.
What two characters die at the end of the novel?
Billy Bibbit and McMurphy
Why does McMurphy get sent to disturbed the FIRST time
For fighting with the hospital workers
What does Bromden mean when he refers to the patients as "big" or "small"
Their confidence
How does McMurphy get his final victory over the Nurse in the end?
He attacks her.
Why is the fishing trip important to the patients?
It gives them confidence
What Character is insecure about his wife?
Harding
Why does McMurphy stop rebelling in part 2?
He realizes the nurse can keep him in there for as long as she wants.
Why does Bromden use machinery to describe everything?
He worked on machines in world war 2 and has PTSD
Why does the nurse let Seafelt give his medication away.
To make an example of him in front of the other patients
Why didn't the other patients want to escape with McMurphy at the end of the novel?
They wanted to leave the right way on their own terms.
Who dies in the pool?
Cheswick
What happens to McMurphy at the end of the novel and why?
Bromden kills him to put him out of his misery
Why does McMurphy want to get Bromden "big" again?
To throw the panel to break the glass and escape
What do McMurphy's actions against the nurse in the end of the novel suggest about the treatment of women?
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What was Bromden's vivid memory in part 3 about?