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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Billy compare the guard's railroad car to?
(a) Heaven
(b) A palace
(c) A movie set
(d) A brothel

4. What is the only book Billy can read on the trip to Tralfamadore?
(a) The Sorrow and the Pity
(b) How Green Was My Valley
(c) The Valley of the Dolls
(d) The Dollhouse Murders

5. What does Billy do after he leaves the hospital?
(a) He tells a radio audience that he was kidnapped by aliens.
(b) He goes back to Dresden to see what it looks like now.
(c) He leaves his wife for a movie star named Montana Wildhack.
(d) He writes a book about his war experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who broke Paul Lazzaro's arm?

2. What does the author compare the march of American prisoners to?

3. Who guards Billy and Edgar Derby as they work in the slaughterhouse?

4. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?

5. Why does Mary O'Hare get angry at Kurt Vonnegut?

(see the answer key)

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