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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 getting senile.
(c) She thinks he is distracted by grief.
(d) She thinks he got pneumonia.

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

3. What does Billy dream about in the hospital?
(a) Swimming in the Hudson River
(b) Flying over the battlefield
(c) That he is a giraffe
(d) Marching next to Roland Weary

4. Who does Barbara Pilgrim say she would like to kill?
(a) Kilgore Trout
(b) Edgar Derby
(c) Howard J. Campbell
(d) Eliot Rosewater

5. Who broke Paul Lazzaro's arm?
(a) A German soldier
(b) A Russian Prisoner of war
(c) Billy Pilgrim
(d) The Blue Fairy Godmother

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?

2. What is the name of the barbershop quartet who perform on the airplane?

3. What is Paul Lazzaro most proud of?

4. What crime does Billy commit while he is working?

5. What is the only book Billy can read on the trip to Tralfamadore?

(see the answer key)

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