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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these was not the subject of a book by Kilgore Trout?
(a) A tree that grows money
(b) A time warp
(c) A robot with bad breath
(d) A cattle drive in space

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

3. 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

4. What happens when Billy tries to sleep in the railroad car?
(a) The other soldiers tell him to go lie down someplace else.
(b) The railroad car starts moving too fast to sleep.
(c) Someone in the darkness starts screaming loudly.
(d) The guards start searching through the railroad car.

5. What work does Billy do as a prisoner of war?
(a) He censors letters.
(b) He cleans and fills jars with syrup.
(c) He counts passengers.
(d) He prepares meals.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to this book, by the late nineteen seventies, the United States of America has been. . .

2. What did Vonnegut study in college?

3. Who finds Billy after the airplane crash?

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

5. What is the name of the barbershop quartet who perform on the airplane?

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