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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Vonnegut study in college?
(a) Anthropology
(b) Creative Writing
(c) Philosophy
(d) Political science

2. What does Billy dream about in the hospital?
(a) That he is a giraffe
(b) Swimming in the Hudson River
(c) Flying over the battlefield
(d) Marching next to Roland Weary

3. What type of book does Vonnegut tell his friend he is writing?
(a) An epic
(b) A memoir
(c) An anti-glacier book
(d) An anti-war book

4. What does Billy do the night before his daughter's wedding?
(a) He waits for the aliens to kidnap him.
(b) He talks to his old friend Bernard O'Hare.
(c) He calls an old girlfriend on the phone.
(d) He takes a nap while watching televsision.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Billy get a furlough during basic training?

2. Who is Wild Bob?

3. What, according to the Tralfamadoran, is a concept that only appears on Earth?

4. How many days does Billy travel in the railroad cars before arriving at the camp?

5. What did the German soldiers find on Billy when they searched him?

(see the answer key)

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