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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Lot's wife looked back on Sodom and Gomorrah?
(a) She started to sing and dance.
(b) She suddenly fell down dead.
(c) She began to weep uncontrollably.
(d) She turned into a pillar of salt.

2. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?
(a) No one really dies.
(b) So it goes.
(c) Rejoice!
(d) That's a pity.

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

4. What does Billy dream about in the hospital?
(a) That he is a giraffe
(b) Marching next to Roland Weary
(c) Swimming in the Hudson River
(d) Flying over the battlefield

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the barbershop quartet at the anniversary party remind Billy of?

2. Who was Paul Lazzaro's one friend in the war?

3. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?

4. Who does Roland Weary blame for his death?

5. Who is Howard J. Campbell?

(see the answer key)

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