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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 threaten him with death.
(b) They ask him politely.
(c) They poke him with long sticks.
(d) They shoot a ray at him.

2. Why is Billy taken to the hospital during the play?
(a) He starts throwing up.
(b) He faints and they realize he is feverish.
(c) He starts coughing up blood.
(d) He starts laughing and cannot stop.

3. Where did the soldiers take Billy and Roland?
(a) To a local brewery where they were fed sausages
(b) To the mayor's house in the nearest village
(c) To a stone cottage filled with other prisoners
(d) To the town jail where they were able to wash up

4. What do the Tralfamadorans do with Billy?
(a) They perform intelligence tests on him.
(b) They use him to test medicines.
(c) They put him on display in a zoo.
(d) They ask him about Earth culture.

5. What is the English translation of "Schlachthof-Funf?"
(a) Fun-House
(b) Sausage-Factory
(c) Slaughterhouse-Five
(d) Surgical-Office

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies in the railroad boxcars?

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

3. What, according to the Tralfamadoran, is a concept that only appears on Earth?

4. What does Billy do after he leaves the hospital?

5. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?

(see the answer key)

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