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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?
(a) Rejoice!
(b) No one really dies.
(c) That's a pity.
(d) So it goes.

2. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?
(a) That they are excusable if done for a good reason.
(b) That they are a necessary part of human history.
(c) To run away from them if at all possible.
(d) Not to be involved in them, or take glee from them.

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

4. 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 the town jail where they were able to wash up
(d) To a stone cottage filled with other prisoners

5. Why does Mary O'Hare get angry at Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) He gets her husband drunk in the kitchen.
(b) He ignores her when she asks questions.
(c) He refuses to drink the tea she offers.
(d) She thinks he is going to glorify soldiers in war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?

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

3. How did Vonnegut once write an outline for a book?

4. Who is Wild Bob?

5. What did the German soldiers find on Billy when they searched him?

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