1). Why did the Chief kill McMurphy?
I believe it was because it was no longer McMurphy, in Chief's mind. He had been replaced, was a tool of The Combine. Bromden killed him to put him out of his misery.
2.) Why was it that Bromden always saw machinery, and not anything else?
Since Bromden had served as a mechanic in the war, that probably had an effect on his paranoid-delusional symptoms. It is unknown whether he was insane before the war or not, but if not, the trauma of the war is probably what did it. Since he was constantly dealing with machinery at the time, his insanity simply followed a track that his mind was familiar with.
3.) Why did Kesey place such emphasis on the black boys in the story?
I honestly don't know and would like to. He keeps talking about them, despite the fact that they aren't very important to the plot. Maybe they represent a certain aspect of society; I'm not quite sure.
4.) Kesey worked in a mental hospital before writing this book. How directly do you think that effected this novel? Did he just use the system from experience, or do you think certain events in the story happened at the hospital where Kesey worked?
I doubt that the hospital that Kesey worked at had as many inhumane treatments as the one in the novel, but I'm also guessing that a few elements were there, such as a Shock Shop, etc. The question is whether Kesey's hospital was as outdated as the one in the book, still doing lobotomies and the likes.
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