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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Billy dream about in the hospital?
(a) Flying over the battlefield
(b) Swimming in the Hudson River
(c) That he is a giraffe
(d) Marching next to Roland Weary

3. 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.

4. What is unusual about the war movie Billy watches?
(a) The characters in the movie start talking to Billy.
(b) It is about Billy's own experiences in the war.
(c) It stars Roland Weary as the hero of the story.
(d) It plays backwards and then forwards again.

5. Who promises to avenge Roland?
(a) Paul Lazzaro
(b) Billy Pilgrim
(c) Edgar Derby
(d) The Three Musketeers

Short Answer Questions

1. What complaint is Billy's doctor trying to relieve?

2. What did Vonnegut think Dresden looked like?

3. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?

4. Why are the American prisoners given showers?

5. Who was in the camp hospital with Billy when he woke up?

(see the answer key)

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