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

2. Where does Billy find himself the morning after he becomes drunk at the party?
(a) In a prisoner of war camp
(b) In the backseat of his car
(c) On the front lawn of the house
(d) On Tralfamadore

3. Which person dies on the railroad trip in Germany?
(a) Bernard O'Hare
(b) Paul Lazzaro
(c) The hobo
(d) Edgar Derby

4. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?
(a) His mother and his sister
(b) A naked woman and a Shetland pony
(c) His car and his rifle
(d) His best friends back in the United States

5. Why does Mary O'Hare get angry at Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) She thinks he is going to glorify soldiers in war.
(b) He ignores her when she asks questions.
(c) He gets her husband drunk in the kitchen.
(d) He refuses to drink the tea she offers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unique about the coat Billy Pilgrim gets from the Germans?

3. What surprised the British officers most about the American prisoners?

4. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?

5. One of Kurt Vonnegut's war buddies was killed for. . .

(see the answer key)

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