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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the hobo in Billy's railroad boxcar tell him?
(a) That he's been hungry for weeks.
(b) The secrets of Trafalmadore.
(c) That he has been in worse situations than this.
(d) That he knows him from somewhere.

2. What was the prized possession of the Commander who captured Billy and Roland?
(a) His sheepskin jacket
(b) His pocket watch
(c) His ancient rifle
(d) His golden boots

3. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?
(a) He does not like fighting.
(b) He has become
(c) He cannot remember his war experiences.
(d) He is an optometrist who is blind.

4. What did the German soldiers find on Billy when they searched him?
(a) A picture of his girlfriend
(b) A two-inch pencil stub
(c) His rifle and bayonet
(d) The letter from his mother

5. Where did the soldiers take Billy and Roland?
(a) To a local brewery where they were fed sausages
(b) To the mayor's house in the nearest village
(c) To a stone cottage filled with other prisoners
(d) To the town jail where they were able to wash up

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?

3. Who dies in the railroad boxcars?

4. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?

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

(see the answer key)

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