View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?
(a) He took lessons from a girl in a blue swimming suit.
(b) He was on a sail boat that capsized during a storm.
(c) He used to go swimming with other boys in a local creek.
(d) His father threw him into the deep end of a swimming pool.

4. Why does one of the Germans beat up an American prisoner of war?
(a) He was trying to escape from the POW camp.
(b) He said something that the German did not like.
(c) He was making fun of Billy Pilgrim.
(d) He was mimicking one of the other guards.

5. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?
(a) So it goes.
(b) Rejoice!
(c) No one really dies.
(d) That's a pity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the prized possession of the Commander who captured Billy and Roland?

2. Who does Roland Weary blame for his death?

3. This took place in:

4. What does Billy's doctor advise him to do every day?

5. Why is Billy taken to the hospital during the play?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 296 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample