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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best reason for why Vonnegut's family keeps his mother's insanity and suicide a secret?
(a) They are embarrassed.
(b) They are in denial.
(c) They are saddened by her illness and death.
(d) They are hoping to avoid repelling prospective in-laws.

2. What does Vonnegut create during his summers at Lake Maxincuckee in southern Indiana?
(a) Camp fires.
(b) His first map of the world.
(c) A wooden canoe.
(d) Imaginary friends.

3. Why does Vonnegut like to write pieces for Architectural Digest?
(a) As a tribute to his son, Mark.
(b) He is an architect.
(c) As a tribute to his father and grandfather.
(d) He loves architecture.

4. Why does the general at the ROTC inspection write down Vonnegut's name, which seems to lead to Vonnegut never rising above Private First Class?
(a) Vonnegut argues with the general.
(b) Vonnegut arrives late to the inspection.
(c) Vonnegut plays a practical joke.
(d) The general thinks Vonnegut is not a good soldier.

5. Who founds the Indianapolis chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1955?
(a) Vonnegut's mother.
(b) Vonnegut's sister.
(c) Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
(d) Vonnegut's Uncle Alex.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Vonnegut family expects its family members to go out east to college. Where does the author's dad, Kurt Vonnegut Sr., go to college?

2. Even after many years, what is imprinted in Vonnegut's mind?

3. Vonnegut Sr. is denied his dreams by what event?

4. Why did Jane Cox's relatives question her marriage to Vonnegut?

5. What does Vonnegut believe is the cause of mental illness?

(see the answer key)

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