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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Tralfamadoran compare a moment in time to?
(a) A sheet of ice
(b) The reflection in a mirror
(c) A flickering flame
(d) A bug trapped in amber

3. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?
(a) Vonnegut has burned every one of them.
(b) They are all about the war.
(c) None of them have villains.
(d) None of them have been published.

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

5. What was Edgar Derby's job before he joined the army?
(a) He drove a forklift in a warehouse.
(b) He was a high school teacher.
(c) He was an advertising executive.
(d) He worked in a toothpaste factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vonnegut dedicates the book to Mary O'Hare and Gerhard Müller. Who is Gerhard Müller?

2. What did Vonnegut study in college?

3. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?

4. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?

5. This took place in:

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