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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's doctor advise him to do every day?
(a) Take a nap
(b) Take a long walk
(c) Pray
(d) Take anti-depressants

2. How do the Tralfamadorans make Billy climb the ladder?
(a) They shoot a ray at him.
(b) They threaten him with death.
(c) They ask him politely.
(d) They poke him with long sticks.

3. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?
(a) It reminds him of the Danube River.
(b) His daughter had never seen a river before.
(c) He wants to see if he can catch a trout.
(d) They want to go swimming in the water.

4. What does Billy do after he leaves the hospital?
(a) He leaves his wife for a movie star named Montana Wildhack.
(b) He tells a radio audience that he was kidnapped by aliens.
(c) He goes back to Dresden to see what it looks like now.
(d) He writes a book about his war experiences.

5. Who is Wild Bob?
(a) The name of a German shepherd in a POW camp
(b) A German guard who loved American cowboy movies
(c) A colonel who lost his entire regiment
(d) The hobo Billy meets in the railroad car

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Edgar Derby's job before he joined the army?

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

3. What, according to Vonnegut, will be the end of this book?

4. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?

5. What is Billy's position in the war?

(see the answer key)

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