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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Billy make his first public speech?
(a) At a Lion's Club dinner in 1957
(b) To his high school class in 1940
(c) On the radio in 1968
(d) In the POW camp in 1944

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

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

4. What name does Roland Weary give to the group of lost soldiers?
(a) The Lost Souls
(b) The Last Warriors
(c) The Band of Brothers
(d) The Three Musketeers

5. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?
(a) His daughter had never seen a river before.
(b) It reminds him of the Danube River.
(c) He wants to see if he can catch a trout.
(d) They want to go swimming in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Edgar Derby's job before he joined the army?

2. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?

3. Who does Roland Weary blame for his death?

4. What does Billy do when he gets drunk at the party in 1961?

5. Where did the soldiers take Billy and Roland?

(see the answer key)

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