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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finds Billy after the airplane crash?
(a) A ranger from a nearby station
(b) The barbershop quartet
(c) A boyscout troop hiking in the woods
(d) Two Austrian ski instructors

2. According to this book, by the late nineteen seventies, the United States of America has been. . .
(a) conquered by the Chinese.
(b) divided into 20 smaller countries.
(c) declared the last super power.
(d) turned into a huge shopping mall.

3. Why does Billy get a furlough during basic training?
(a) He becomes ill with appendicitis.
(b) He asks to visit his wife before going overseas.
(c) His father dies in a hunting accident.
(d) His mother suffers a relapse in the hospital.

4. What was it about the Grand Canyon that scared Billy?
(a) He thought he might fall into it.
(b) It reminded him of the swimming pool.
(c) He could not see the end of it.
(d) He thought a rock might fall on his head.

5. According to Bernard O'Hare's notebook, by 2000, the human population of the world will be. . .
(a) Five billion people
(b) Six billion people
(c) Seven billion people
(d) Eleven billion people

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?

2. Where does Billy time travel to while in the showers?

3. Who does Barbara Pilgrim say she would like to kill?

4. Which college did Vonnegut attend?

5. Why do the Germans laugh at Billy's coat?

(see the answer key)

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