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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?
(a) None of them have been published.
(b) None of them have villains.
(c) They are all about the war.
(d) Vonnegut has burned every one of them.

2. What is the source of the "animal magnetism" that Billy feels in the hospital?
(a) A vampire
(b) An alien
(c) The nurse
(d) His coat

3. Where does Billy time travel to after the Carlbad Caverns?
(a) He returns to basic training.
(b) He travels to the moment of his death.
(c) He travels to another family vacation.
(d) He returns to the POW camp.

4. What does Billy see in the Carlsbad Caverns when the lights are switched off?
(a) The silhouette of the Ranger's hat
(b) His father's pocket watch glowing in the dark
(c) About a million bats falling out of an opening
(d) Nothing; he is left in total darkness

5. What do the American prisoners find at the railroad station?
(a) More prisoners coming into camp
(b) Several people from the nearby town
(c) The American army advancing
(d) The hobo's body in the weeds

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprised the British officers most about the American prisoners?

2. What is Billy's position in the war?

3. Why do the Germans take pictures of Roland and Billy?

4. According to this book, by the late nineteen seventies, the United States of America has been. . .

5. What does Billy do when he gets drunk at the party in 1961?

(see the answer key)

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