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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Billy ask the Tralfamadorans?
(a) Where they are and how they got there.
(b) How his life will end.
(c) What life on Trafalmadore is like.
(d) Where his mother is.

2. What is unique about the coat Billy Pilgrim gets from the Germans?
(a) It was made to be worn by a woman.
(b) It's the only coat from a civilian.
(c) It has silver buttons on the collar and cuffs.
(d) It is the only one made from blue fabric.

3. Which college did Vonnegut attend?
(a) The University of Dresden
(b) The University of Chicago
(c) Cornell University
(d) Stanford University

4. Why is Billy taken to the hospital during the play?
(a) He faints and they realize he is feverish.
(b) He starts throwing up.
(c) He starts laughing and cannot stop.
(d) He starts coughing up blood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who promises to avenge Roland?

2. What play do the English prisoners put on to welcome the Americans?

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

4. What are the Tralfamadorans?

5. What does Billy dream about in the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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