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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What complaint is Billy's doctor trying to relieve?
(a) Billy finds himself weeping for no reason.
(b) Billy has no appetite and has lost too much weight.
(c) Billy is unable to focus on his work.
(d) It takes Billy hours to fall asleep at night.

2. What question does the Frenchman ask about the Grand Canyon?
(a) If you could go white water rafting on the river
(b) If there were any good hotels inside the canyon itself
(c) How many species living in the canyon had gone extinct
(d) If many people commit suicide by jumping into the canyon

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

4. What is the name of the barbershop quartet who perform on the airplane?
(a) The Four-Eyed Bastards
(b) The Eyemen
(c) The Four Febs
(d) Sixteen Eyes, No Waiting

5. How long does Billy stay locked in a railroad boxcar before it starts moving?
(a) Ten hours
(b) Five days
(c) One day
(d) Two days

Short Answer Questions

1. What do stars look like to Tralfamadorans?

2. What do the American prisoners find at the railroad station?

3. Where did the soldiers take Billy and Roland?

4. When does Billy make his first public speech?

5. What do the Tralfamadorans do with Billy?

(see the answer key)

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