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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?
(a) To run away from them if at all possible.
(b) That they are excusable if done for a good reason.
(c) That they are a necessary part of human history.
(d) Not to be involved in them, or take glee from them.

2. What job did Vonnegut have when he was in college?
(a) Working in a restaurant.
(b) He was a chaplain's assistant.
(c) He worked as a police reporter.
(d) He was a factory worker.

3. What are the Tralfamadorans?
(a) A secret society of optometrists.
(b) A group of anti-war activists.
(c) Aliens that see in four dimensions.
(d) People who become Billy's fan club.

4. What is Billy's position in the war?
(a) Private in the Infantry
(b) Chaplain's assistant
(c) Corporal in Support Services
(d) Second lieutenant

5. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?
(a) They want to go swimming in the water.
(b) It reminds him of the Danube River.
(c) His daughter had never seen a river before.
(d) He wants to see if he can catch a trout.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Vonnegut, will be the end of this book?

2. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?

3. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?

4. What happened when Lot's wife looked back on Sodom and Gomorrah?

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

(see the answer key)

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