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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?
(a) Like a river that flows in one direction only.
(b) As a gift that should be treasured like gold.
(c) As permanent fixtures, like the Rocky Mountains.
(d) It's a nuisance; time goes too slowly.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "Princess?"

2. What does the author compare the march of American prisoners to?

3. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?

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

5. Who is Wild Bob?

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