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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Billy do when he gets drunk at the party in 1961?
(a) He cheats on his wife.
(b) He passes out on the living room rug.
(c) He yells at his best friend.
(d) He calls up old girlfriends.

4. How long does Billy stay locked in a railroad boxcar before it starts moving?
(a) Two days
(b) Five days
(c) One day
(d) Ten hours

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?

2. Why does Mary O'Hare get angry at Kurt Vonnegut?

3. Where did the soldiers take Billy and Roland?

4. Vonnegut notes that more people were killed in Dresden than. . .

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

(see the answer key)

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