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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?
(a) She thinks he is too proud to ask for money.
(b) She thinks he got pneumonia.
(c) She thinks he is distracted by grief.
(d) She thinks he is getting senile.

3. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?
(a) That they are excusable if done for a good reason.
(b) To run away from them if at all possible.
(c) Not to be involved in them, or take glee from them.
(d) That they are a necessary part of human history.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?

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

3. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?

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

5. When does Billy make his first public speech?

(see the answer key)

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