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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy compare the guard's railroad car to?
(a) Heaven
(b) A brothel
(c) A palace
(d) A movie set

2. Why are the American prisoners given showers?
(a) Because the Germans cannot stand their smell
(b) In order to humiliate the American Army
(c) To help kill the lice and germs on their bodies
(d) To warm them up after the cold railroad ride

3. Why do the Germans take pictures of Roland and Billy?
(a) They are making postcards
(b) They like the Americans
(c) For propaganda purposes
(d) For official records

4. What is the only book Billy can read on the trip to Tralfamadore?
(a) How Green Was My Valley
(b) The Sorrow and the Pity
(c) The Dollhouse Murders
(d) The Valley of the Dolls

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Billy time travel to after the Carlbad Caverns?

2. How did Vonnegut once write an outline for a book?

3. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?

4. What complaint is Billy's doctor trying to relieve?

5. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?

(see the answer key)

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