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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 Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?
(a) He used to go swimming with other boys in a local creek.
(b) He was on a sail boat that capsized during a storm.
(c) He took lessons from a girl in a blue swimming suit.
(d) His father threw him into the deep end of a swimming pool.

2. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?
(a) He has become
(b) He is an optometrist who is blind.
(c) He cannot remember his war experiences.
(d) He does not like fighting.

3. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?
(a) In an empty school
(b) In a baby food factory
(c) In a deserted zoo
(d) In a slaughterhouse

4. What happens when Billy tries to sleep in the railroad car?
(a) The railroad car starts moving too fast to sleep.
(b) The other soldiers tell him to go lie down someplace else.
(c) Someone in the darkness starts screaming loudly.
(d) The guards start searching through the railroad car.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?

3. What happened when Lot's wife looked back on Sodom and Gomorrah?

4. What question does Billy ask the Tralfamadorans?

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

(see the answer key)

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