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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Billy make his first public speech?
(a) In the POW camp in 1944
(b) On the radio in 1968
(c) To his high school class in 1940
(d) At a Lion's Club dinner in 1957

2. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?
(a) He was on a sail boat that capsized during a storm.
(b) His father threw him into the deep end of a swimming pool.
(c) He used to go swimming with other boys in a local creek.
(d) He took lessons from a girl in a blue swimming suit.

3. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?
(a) None of them have villains.
(b) Vonnegut has burned every one of them.
(c) None of them have been published.
(d) They are all about the war.

4. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?
(a) Billy's mother, who is in a nursing home.
(b) Billy's first wife, who died in a car accident.
(c) Billy's daughter, who also married an optometrist.
(d) Billy's second wife, who left him for another man.

5. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?
(a) He has become
(b) He cannot remember his war experiences.
(c) He is an optometrist who is blind.
(d) He does not like fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Billy in 1968?

2. What was Mackay's opinion about the Children's Crusade?

3. Who is Wild Bob?

4. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?

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

(see the answer key)

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