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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This took place in:
(a) Paris
(b) Rome
(c) Munich
(d) Dresden

2. 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

3. How long does Billy stay locked in a railroad boxcar before it starts moving?
(a) Five days
(b) Ten hours
(c) Two days
(d) One day

4. What interrupts Billy's attempt at napping?
(a) His daughter calls on the telephone.
(b) The Tralfamadorans show up.
(c) The neighbor's dog starts barking.
(d) A man comes selling magazine subscriptions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues Billy from being beaten by Roland Weary?

2. Where does Billy find himself the morning after he becomes drunk at the party?

3. What was the prized possession of the Commander who captured Billy and Roland?

4. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?

5. Why did the German soldiers throw Billy into a shrubbery?

(see the answer key)

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