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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy compare the guard's railroad car to?
(a) A palace
(b) A movie set
(c) A brothel
(d) Heaven

2. Why do the Germans take pictures of Roland and Billy?
(a) They are making postcards
(b) For official records
(c) They like the Americans
(d) For propaganda purposes

3. Vonnegut notes that more people were killed in Dresden than. . .
(a) during the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
(b) than died in the Concentration Camps.
(c) have died from cancer in the last two years.
(d) have ever died in automobile accidents.

4. What was Mackay's opinion about the Children's Crusade?
(a) It was only slightly worse than grown-up crusades.
(b) It was a bitter waste, but ultimately positive.
(c) It was a terrible betrayal of the families involved.
(d) It was a glorious event that should be celebrated.

5. What job did Vonnegut have when he was in college?
(a) Working in a restaurant.
(b) He was a chaplain's assistant.
(c) He was a factory worker.
(d) He worked as a police reporter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?

2. What type of book does Vonnegut tell his friend he is writing?

3. What is unique about the coat Billy Pilgrim gets from the Germans?

4. What does the Marine major tell Billy at the Lion's Club?

5. By the time they reach Luxembourg, Roland Weary is reduced to wearing. . .

(see the answer key)

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