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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Lot's wife looked back on Sodom and Gomorrah?
(a) She began to weep uncontrollably.
(b) She suddenly fell down dead.
(c) She turned into a pillar of salt.
(d) She started to sing and dance.

2. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?
(a) Like a river that flows in one direction only.
(b) As a gift that should be treasured like gold.
(c) It's a nuisance; time goes too slowly.
(d) As permanent fixtures, like the Rocky Mountains.

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

4. What does Billy do after he leaves the hospital?
(a) He leaves his wife for a movie star named Montana Wildhack.
(b) He tells a radio audience that he was kidnapped by aliens.
(c) He goes back to Dresden to see what it looks like now.
(d) He writes a book about his war experiences.

5. This took place in:
(a) Munich
(b) Paris
(c) Dresden
(d) Rome

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Billy in 1968?

4. Who rescues Billy from being beaten by Roland Weary?

5. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?

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