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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days does Billy travel in the railroad cars before arriving at the camp?
(a) Six days
(b) Five days
(c) Ten days
(d) Twelve days

2. What do stars look like to Tralfamadorans?
(a) Strings of luminous spaghetti
(b) Pulsating circles of light
(c) Hexagonal specks of light
(d) Glowing bouncing balls

3. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?
(a) It's a nuisance; time goes too slowly.
(b) As permanent fixtures, like the Rocky Mountains.
(c) As a gift that should be treasured like gold.
(d) Like a river that flows in one direction only.

4. Why are the American prisoners given showers?
(a) To warm them up after the cold railroad ride
(b) Because the Germans cannot stand their smell
(c) To help kill the lice and germs on their bodies
(d) In order to humiliate the American Army

5. What are the Tralfamadorans?
(a) Aliens that see in four dimensions.
(b) A secret society of optometrists.
(c) A group of anti-war activists.
(d) People who become Billy's fan club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Billy in 1968?

2. Who dies in the railroad boxcars?

3. Why did Billy, Paul, and Edgar have to go to the theater from the hospital?

4. What did the German soldiers find on Billy when they searched him?

5. What is the first thing both the Germans and the Tralfamadorans have Billy do?

(see the answer key)

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