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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?
(a) His daughter had never seen a river before.
(b) He wants to see if he can catch a trout.
(c) They want to go swimming in the water.
(d) It reminds him of the Danube River.

2. Kurt Vonnegut tells Mary O'Hare that he is going to call his book:
(a) So It Goes
(b) Slaughterhouse-Five
(c) The Children's Crusade
(d) The Destruction of Dresden

3. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?
(a) She thinks he is getting senile.
(b) She thinks he got pneumonia.
(c) She thinks he is too proud to ask for money.
(d) She thinks he is distracted by grief.

4. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?
(a) In a deserted zoo
(b) In a slaughterhouse
(c) In an empty school
(d) In a baby food factory

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy do after he leaves the hospital?

2. One of Kurt Vonnegut's war buddies was killed for. . .

3. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?

4. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?

5. Why does Billy get a furlough during basic training?

(see the answer key)

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