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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Vonnegut once write an outline for a book?
(a) Typing on a continuous roll of paper
(b) On a roll of wallpaper with a crayon
(c) On a matchbook cover by candlelight
(d) In the back of a flatbed truck

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

3. 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.

4. What does the author compare the march of American prisoners to?
(a) Water flowing downhill into a large river
(b) Caribou migrating across the Arctic plains
(c) Ants moving their anthill to a new location
(d) The young people in the Children's Crusade

5. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?
(a) His best friends back in the United States
(b) His car and his rifle
(c) His mother and his sister
(d) A naked woman and a Shetland pony

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wild Bob?

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

3. Why did the German soldiers throw Billy into a shrubbery?

4. What does Billy do the night before his daughter's wedding?

5. What are the Tralfamadorans?

(see the answer key)

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