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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?
(a) As permanent fixtures, like the Rocky Mountains.
(b) Like a river that flows in one direction only.
(c) It's a nuisance; time goes too slowly.
(d) As a gift that should be treasured like gold.

2. Where did the soldiers take Billy and Roland?
(a) To the town jail where they were able to wash up
(b) To the mayor's house in the nearest village
(c) To a stone cottage filled with other prisoners
(d) To a local brewery where they were fed sausages

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

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

5. What do humans look like to the Tralfamadorans?
(a) Chimpanzees
(b) Millipedes
(c) Butterflies
(d) Pale worms

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy do the night before his daughter's wedding?

2. What does the author compare the march of American prisoners to?

3. Why do the Germans take pictures of Roland and Billy?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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