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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?
(a) After dinner in 1957
(b) On a night in 1967
(c) During the march in 1944
(d) One morning in 1945

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Billy in 1968?

2. What does the Marine major tell Billy at the Lion's Club?

3. How does Billy's son Robert straighten out his life?

4. What did Vonnegut study in college?

5. How did Vonnegut once write an outline for a book?

(see the answer key)

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