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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Vonnegut study in college?
(a) Anthropology
(b) Political science
(c) Creative Writing
(d) Philosophy

3. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?
(a) Billy's daughter, who also married an optometrist.
(b) Billy's first wife, who died in a car accident.
(c) Billy's mother, who is in a nursing home.
(d) Billy's second wife, who left him for another man.

4. What name does Roland Weary give to the group of lost soldiers?
(a) The Band of Brothers
(b) The Lost Souls
(c) The Three Musketeers
(d) The Last Warriors

5. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?
(a) A naked woman and a Shetland pony
(b) His best friends back in the United States
(c) His mother and his sister
(d) His car and his rifle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?

2. What job did Vonnegut have when he was in college?

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

4. Kurt Vonnegut tells Mary O'Hare that he is going to call his book:

5. What are the Tralfamadorans?

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