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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Billy's position in the war?
(a) Second lieutenant
(b) Chaplain's assistant
(c) Private in the Infantry
(d) Corporal in Support Services

2. Vonnegut dedicates the book to Mary O'Hare and Gerhard Müller. Who is Gerhard Müller?
(a) A policeman in Chicago
(b) The author of a book on massacres
(c) A taxi-driver in Dresde
(d) A guard in the prison camp

3. What does Billy do when he gets drunk at the party in 1961?
(a) He calls up old girlfriends.
(b) He cheats on his wife.
(c) He passes out on the living room rug.
(d) He yells at his best friend.

4. What are the Tralfamadorans?
(a) A secret society of optometrists.
(b) People who become Billy's fan club.
(c) A group of anti-war activists.
(d) Aliens that see in four dimensions.

5. What type of book does Vonnegut tell his friend he is writing?
(a) An epic
(b) An anti-glacier book
(c) A memoir
(d) An anti-war book

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?

2. Kurt Vonnegut tells Mary O'Hare that he is going to call his book:

3. When does Billy make his first public speech?

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

5. Why do the Germans take pictures of Roland and Billy?

(see the answer key)

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