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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Billy's son Robert straighten out his life?
(a) He stops drinking and becomes sober.
(b) He gets a job delivering phone books.
(c) He settles down and gets married.
(d) He becomes a Green Beret in Vietnam.

2. What happened when Lot's wife looked back on Sodom and Gomorrah?
(a) She started to sing and dance.
(b) She began to weep uncontrollably.
(c) She turned into a pillar of salt.
(d) She suddenly fell down dead.

3. What is unusual about the war movie Billy watches?
(a) It plays backwards and then forwards again.
(b) The characters in the movie start talking to Billy.
(c) It is about Billy's own experiences in the war.
(d) It stars Roland Weary as the hero of the story.

4. What does one of the German soldiers do to Roland Weary?
(a) Spits on his shoulder
(b) Beats him with a rifle
(c) Takes away his uniform
(d) Mocks his accent

5. What does the Marine major tell Billy at the Lion's Club?
(a) Billy was a great soldier and should be proud of that.
(b) Billy should be proud of his son for joining the Green Berets.
(c) Chaplains are silly and unnecessary in the army.
(d) Billy should not have allowed himself to be captured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?

2. Where did the soldiers take Billy and Roland?

3. What is the first thing both the Germans and the Tralfamadorans have Billy do?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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