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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens while Billy is still unconscious in the hospital?
(a) His wife dies.
(b) Reagan is elected president.
(c) His son joins the army.
(d) His daughter gets married.

2. What was Edgar Derby's job before he joined the army?
(a) He worked in a toothpaste factory.
(b) He was a high school teacher.
(c) He drove a forklift in a warehouse.
(d) He was an advertising executive.

3. How does Billy leave the hospital?
(a) He sneaks out while the nurse is not watching.
(b) He goes to stay with Bertram and Lily at their home.
(c) He time travels away to Tralfamadore.
(d) He leaves with Barbara and Robert.

4. What does Bertram Rumfoord tell Lily about Billy?
(a) That Billy should be a private room
(b) That Billy was a private in the army
(c) That Billy would be better off dead
(d) That Billy used to be famous

5. What is unusual about the war movie Billy watches?
(a) The characters in the movie start talking to Billy.
(b) It is about Billy's own experiences in the war.
(c) It stars Roland Weary as the hero of the story.
(d) It plays backwards and then forwards again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bertram Rumfoord?

2. Where does Billy find himself the morning after he becomes drunk at the party?

3. How long does Billy stay locked in a railroad boxcar before it starts moving?

4. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?

5. What do the American pilots do when they see the prisoners of war walking through Dresden after the bombing?

(see the answer key)

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