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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Vonnegut dedicates the book to Mary O'Hare and Gerhard Müller. Who is Gerhard Müller?
(a) A policeman in Chicago
(b) The author of a book on massacres
(c) A taxi-driver in Dresde
(d) A guard in the prison camp

4. What complaint is Billy's doctor trying to relieve?
(a) Billy is unable to focus on his work.
(b) It takes Billy hours to fall asleep at night.
(c) Billy has no appetite and has lost too much weight.
(d) Billy finds himself weeping for no reason.

5. Why does Mary O'Hare get angry at Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) He gets her husband drunk in the kitchen.
(b) He refuses to drink the tea she offers.
(c) She thinks he is going to glorify soldiers in war.
(d) He ignores her when she asks questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the German soldiers do to Roland Weary?

2. This took place in:

3. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?

4. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?

5. What are the Tralfamadorans?

(see the answer key)

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