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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kurt Vonnegut tells Mary O'Hare that he is going to call his book:
(a) So It Goes
(b) Slaughterhouse-Five
(c) The Children's Crusade
(d) The Destruction of Dresden

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

3. What did the German soldiers find on Billy when they searched him?
(a) A picture of his girlfriend
(b) His rifle and bayonet
(c) A two-inch pencil stub
(d) The letter from his mother

4. Who rescues Billy from being beaten by Roland Weary?
(a) Bernard O'Hare
(b) The Tralfamadorans
(c) American Army Scouts
(d) A patrol of German soldiers

5. What happens to Billy in 1968?
(a) He survives a plane crash and his wife dies.
(b) His children try to get him committed to a mental ward.
(c) His father gets into a car accident and nearly dies.
(d) He is diagnosed with cancer and undergoes surgery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?

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

4. What happened when Lot's wife looked back on Sodom and Gomorrah?

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

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