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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the war movie Billy watches?
(a) It is about Billy's own experiences in the war.
(b) The characters in the movie start talking to Billy.
(c) It plays backwards and then forwards again.
(d) It stars Roland Weary as the hero of the story.

2. What does Billy do after getting to the hospital after the plane crash?
(a) He asks about his friends in the POW camp.
(b) He tells the nurses that he has been kidnapped by aliens.
(c) He asks for a telephone and calls his wife.
(d) He has brain surgery and dreams for two solid days.

3. What do Billy, Werner, and Edgar find instead of a kitchen?
(a) A library stuffed with old books
(b) A large shower with naked girls in it
(c) A pen filled with the bodies of animals
(d) A room that holds luggage from refugees

4. How do the Tralfamadorans view every creature and plant in the universe?
(a) As unique individuals
(b) As sacred beings
(c) As machines
(d) As doomed souls

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?

3. What work does Billy do as a prisoner of war?

4. How does Roland Weary die?

5. Who promises to avenge Roland?

(see the answer key)

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