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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?
(a) In an empty school
(b) In a slaughterhouse
(c) In a baby food factory
(d) In a deserted zoo

2. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?
(a) Rejoice!
(b) So it goes.
(c) No one really dies.
(d) That's a pity.

3. Which college did Vonnegut attend?
(a) The University of Dresden
(b) Cornell University
(c) Stanford University
(d) The University of Chicago

4. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?
(a) She thinks he is too proud to ask for money.
(b) She thinks he is distracted by grief.
(c) She thinks he is getting senile.
(d) She thinks he got pneumonia.

5. What does the hobo in Billy's railroad boxcar tell him?
(a) The secrets of Trafalmadore.
(b) That he's been hungry for weeks.
(c) That he has been in worse situations than this.
(d) That he knows him from somewhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Lot's wife looked back on Sodom and Gomorrah?

2. Why does Billy get a furlough during basic training?

3. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?

4. When does Billy make his first public speech?

5. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?

(see the answer key)

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