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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who dies in the railroad boxcars?
(a) Bernard O'Hare
(b) Roland Weary
(c) Kurt Vonnegut
(d) Wild Bob

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Billy travel in the railroad cars before arriving at the camp?

2. What does the Tralfamadoran compare a moment in time to?

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

4. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?

5. What interrupts Billy's attempt at napping?

(see the answer key)

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