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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Tralfamadorans make Billy climb the ladder?
(a) They threaten him with death.
(b) They ask him politely.
(c) They shoot a ray at him.
(d) They poke him with long sticks.

2. What did Billy know when he boarded the airplane to Montreal?
(a) That his business was going bankrupt
(b) That the plane was going to crash
(c) That he would never return home
(d) That his wife was planning to leave him

3. What connection is there between Werner Gluck and Billy Pilgrim?
(a) They are distant cousins.
(b) They both studied Optometry.
(c) They went to the same school.
(d) They are exactly the same age.

4. Why does one of the Germans beat up an American prisoner of war?
(a) He was mimicking one of the other guards.
(b) He was trying to escape from the POW camp.
(c) He said something that the German did not like.
(d) He was making fun of Billy Pilgrim.

5. Why was Trout so surprised to meet Billy?
(a) He had heard about Billy from friends.
(b) He had never met an optometrist before.
(c) He had never met a fan before.
(d) He learned that he needed glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the diamond in Valencia's engagement ring come from?

2. Which of these was not the subject of a book by Kilgore Trout?

3. What does Vonnegut compare Dresden to after it has been bombed?

4. Who becomes the Head American?

5. How did Vonnegut once write an outline for a book?

(see the answer key)

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