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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time they reach Luxembourg, Roland Weary is reduced to wearing. . .
(a) handcuffs on his wrists.
(b) clogs instead of boots.
(c) a blanket instead of a coat.
(d) his hair in a ponytail.

2. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?
(a) In a baby food factory
(b) In an empty school
(c) In a slaughterhouse
(d) In a deserted zoo

3. Who dies in the railroad boxcars?
(a) Wild Bob
(b) Kurt Vonnegut
(c) Roland Weary
(d) Bernard O'Hare

4. What does Billy's doctor advise him to do every day?
(a) Take anti-depressants
(b) Take a nap
(c) Take a long walk
(d) Pray

5. What does one of the German soldiers do to Roland Weary?
(a) Mocks his accent
(b) Beats him with a rifle
(c) Spits on his shoulder
(d) Takes away his uniform

Short Answer Questions

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

2. This took place in:

3. Why did the German soldiers throw Billy into a shrubbery?

4. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?

5. What does the hobo in Billy's railroad boxcar tell him?

(see the answer key)

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