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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the Germans take pictures of Roland and Billy?
(a) They like the Americans
(b) For official records
(c) They are making postcards
(d) For propaganda purposes

3. What, according to Vonnegut, will be the end of this book?
(a) So it goes.
(b) Poo-tee-weet?
(c) And that's the end.
(d) Nothing would ever be the same.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Billy stay locked in a railroad boxcar before it starts moving?

2. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?

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

4. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?

5. Where did the soldiers take Billy and Roland?

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