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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Roland Weary give to the group of lost soldiers?
(a) The Three Musketeers
(b) The Lost Souls
(c) The Last Warriors
(d) The Band of Brothers

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

3. Vonnegut dedicates the book to Mary O'Hare and Gerhard Müller. Who is Gerhard Müller?
(a) The author of a book on massacres
(b) A taxi-driver in Dresde
(c) A policeman in Chicago
(d) A guard in the prison camp

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

5. When does Billy make his first public speech?
(a) At a Lion's Club dinner in 1957
(b) To his high school class in 1940
(c) In the POW camp in 1944
(d) On the radio in 1968

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?

2. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?

3. What happens when Billy tries to sleep in the railroad car?

4. Which college did Vonnegut attend?

5. What interrupts Billy's attempt at napping?

(see the answer key)

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