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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?
(a) Vonnegut has burned every one of them.
(b) They are all about the war.
(c) None of them have been published.
(d) None of them have villains.

4. Why does Billy get a furlough during basic training?
(a) His father dies in a hunting accident.
(b) His mother suffers a relapse in the hospital.
(c) He asks to visit his wife before going overseas.
(d) He becomes ill with appendicitis.

5. How did Vonnegut once write an outline for a book?
(a) In the back of a flatbed truck
(b) On a matchbook cover by candlelight
(c) Typing on a continuous roll of paper
(d) On a roll of wallpaper with a crayon

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Billy in 1968?

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

3. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?

4. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?

5. What are the Tralfamadorans?

(see the answer key)

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