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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Billy help Edgar?
(a) He reads to him at night.
(b) He hides things for him.
(c) He offers to do Edgar's work.
(d) He gives him a syrup lollipop.

2. What play do the British officers perform for the Americans?
(a) Sleeping Beauty
(b) Hamlet
(c) The Trojan War
(d) Cinderella

3. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?
(a) During the march in 1944
(b) After dinner in 1957
(c) One morning in 1945
(d) On a night in 1967

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

5. What does the Tralfamadoran compare a moment in time to?
(a) A bug trapped in amber
(b) The reflection in a mirror
(c) A flickering flame
(d) A sheet of ice

Short Answer Questions

1. Kurt Vonnegut tells Mary O'Hare that he is going to call his book:

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

3. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?

4. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?

5. What was Edgar Derby's job before he joined the army?

(see the answer key)

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