View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the American pilots do when they see the prisoners of war walking through Dresden after the bombing?
(a) Fire bullets at them
(b) Stop to rescue them
(c) Drop packages of food
(d) Drop leaflets about freedom

2. What interrupts Billy's attempt at napping?
(a) The Tralfamadorans show up.
(b) A man comes selling magazine subscriptions.
(c) His daughter calls on the telephone.
(d) The neighbor's dog starts barking.

3. What does Vonnegut imagine doing as he flies over the East German cities?
(a) Having a few beers later on
(b) Talking to the people below
(c) Dropping bombs on them
(d) Taking a space ship to another planet

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

5. Why does Mary O'Hare get angry at Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) He refuses to drink the tea she offers.
(b) He ignores her when she asks questions.
(c) She thinks he is going to glorify soldiers in war.
(d) He gets her husband drunk in the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Tralfamadorans make Billy climb the ladder?

2. Who catches Billy at his crime?

3. Which person dies on the railroad trip in Germany?

4. What is unique about the coat Billy Pilgrim gets from the Germans?

5. What, according to the Tralfamadoran, is a concept that only appears on Earth?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 282 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample