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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What play do the British officers perform for the Americans?
(a) Cinderella
(b) Hamlet
(c) The Trojan War
(d) Sleeping Beauty

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

4. What surprised the British officers most about the American prisoners?
(a) How ill-dressed they were
(b) How young they were
(c) How tired they looked
(d) How nice they were

5. Why did the English prisoners give their latrine to the Americans?
(a) They did not need the latrine because they had another one.
(b) They wanted to be as friendly as possible.
(c) They wanted the Americans to feel at home.
(d) They were disgusted by the Americans' messiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupts Billy's attempt at napping?

2. Why did the Englishman say that Dresden would never be bombed?

3. When does Billy make his first public speech?

4. What does Billy's doctor advise him to do every day?

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

(see the answer key)

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