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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Vonnegut's sibling's lives like?
(a) Sad and hard.
(b) Happy.
(c) Unremarkable, yet satisfying.
(d) Long and suspended.

2. What kind of expressions does Vonnegut mention throughout his description of Hitler and life on autopilot?
(a) Existential expressions.
(b) Prophetic expressions.
(c) New expressions.
(d) Colloquial expressions.

3. What is the condition of humans' free will during the timequake?
(a) There is no implcation.
(b) It is suspended.
(c) It is in operation.
(d) That it will revert to normal after ten years.

4. How does Hitler die according to "Bingo Bunker Party"?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He dies of cancer.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) He dies from pneumonia.

5. How does the author view his writing?
(a) Good.
(b) Bad and unfit for publication.
(c) Mediocre at best.
(d) The best work written.

6. Who is Monica Pepper?
(a) Trout's cousin.
(b) Trout's sister.
(c) One of Vonnegut's fictionalized character.
(d) Vonnegut's sister.

7. What do the chapters with Fleon observe?
(a) Human observation.
(b) Human correspondence.
(c) Human reaction.
(d) Human intelligence.

8. What do cars and airplanes do on auto pilot?
(a) Coast to its destination.
(b) Avoid crashes.
(c) Crash.
(d) Drive themselves.

9. Who wrote "The Sisters B-36"?
(a) Vonnegut.
(b) Allie.
(c) No one.
(d) Trout.

10. What was the inventor of the Soviet hydrogen bomb rewarded with?
(a) The Nobel Peace Prize.
(b) A high governmental title.
(c) A lot of money.
(d) Nothing.

11. What does Vonnegut reflect on at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Love.
(b) Religion.
(c) Humanism.
(d) Friendship.

12. What was Zoltan doing when the timequake went into effect?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Ringing the doorbell.
(c) Singing in the shower.
(d) Walking his dog.

13. What did Vonnegut hate to see his friend from war lose?
(a) His strength.
(b) His determination.
(c) His religious faith.
(d) His fiance.

14. What does Trout feel contempt for?
(a) Writing science fiction.
(b) Writing newspaper articles.
(c) Writing poems.
(d) Writing literature.

15. What does Vonnegut compare his action of stripping out the bad pieces to?
(a) Filleting a fish.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Golf.
(d) A sport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the human race continue to devise cleverly?

2. What does Vonnegut bemoan losing appreciation for during the timequake?

3. What was Trout doing when the timequake went into effect?

4. What does Vonnegut regret for one of his friends in World War II?

5. What does Vonnegut imagine combines?

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