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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Tralfamadorans make Billy climb the ladder?
(a) They shoot a ray at him.
(b) They threaten him with death.
(c) They poke him with long sticks.
(d) They ask him politely.

2. When does Billy believe that he will die?
(a) January 25th, 1982
(b) October 12th, 1980
(c) September 17th, 1979
(d) February 13th, 1976

3. What does the Marine major tell Billy at the Lion's Club?
(a) Billy was a great soldier and should be proud of that.
(b) Billy should not have allowed himself to be captured.
(c) Chaplains are silly and unnecessary in the army.
(d) Billy should be proud of his son for joining the Green Berets.

4. What question does the Frenchman ask about the Grand Canyon?
(a) If there were any good hotels inside the canyon itself
(b) How many species living in the canyon had gone extinct
(c) If you could go white water rafting on the river
(d) If many people commit suicide by jumping into the canyon

5. Why does one of the Germans beat up an American prisoner of war?
(a) He was mimicking one of the other guards.
(b) He was making fun of Billy Pilgrim.
(c) He was trying to escape from the POW camp.
(d) He said something that the German did not like.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who promises to avenge Roland?

2. What does the Head Englishman give the American soldiers in the theater?

3. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?

4. How does Billy's son Robert straighten out his life?

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

(see the answer key)

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