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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which college did Vonnegut attend?
(a) Cornell University
(b) The University of Dresden
(c) The University of Chicago
(d) Stanford University

3. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?
(a) He was on a sail boat that capsized during a storm.
(b) He used to go swimming with other boys in a local creek.
(c) He took lessons from a girl in a blue swimming suit.
(d) His father threw him into the deep end of a swimming pool.

4. One of Kurt Vonnegut's war buddies was killed for. . .
(a) attacking a guard.
(b) taking a teapot.
(c) breaking an egg.
(d) stealing food.

5. What job did Vonnegut have when he was in college?
(a) He was a chaplain's assistant.
(b) He worked as a police reporter.
(c) Working in a restaurant.
(d) He was a factory worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mackay's opinion about the Children's Crusade?

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

3. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?

4. What happens to Billy in 1968?

5. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?

(see the answer key)

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