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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the hobo in Billy's railroad boxcar tell him?
(a) That he has been in worse situations than this.
(b) That he's been hungry for weeks.
(c) The secrets of Trafalmadore.
(d) That he knows him from somewhere.

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

3. By the time they reach Luxembourg, Roland Weary is reduced to wearing. . .
(a) his hair in a ponytail.
(b) clogs instead of boots.
(c) handcuffs on his wrists.
(d) a blanket instead of a coat.

4. What author does Eliot Rosewater tell Billy about?
(a) Philip K. Dick
(b) Kurt Vonnegut
(c) Kilgore Trout
(d) L. Ron Hubbard

5. What happens to Billy in 1968?
(a) His father gets into a car accident and nearly dies.
(b) His children try to get him committed to a mental ward.
(c) He is diagnosed with cancer and undergoes surgery.
(d) He survives a plane crash and his wife dies.

6. When does Billy make his first public speech?
(a) In the POW camp in 1944
(b) On the radio in 1968
(c) To his high school class in 1940
(d) At a Lion's Club dinner in 1957

7. How long had the British soldiers been prisoners of war?
(a) Eight months
(b) A year and a half
(c) Two years
(d) Four years

8. Who is Wild Bob?
(a) A German guard who loved American cowboy movies
(b) The name of a German shepherd in a POW camp
(c) A colonel who lost his entire regiment
(d) The hobo Billy meets in the railroad car

9. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?
(a) He is an optometrist who is blind.
(b) He cannot remember his war experiences.
(c) He does not like fighting.
(d) He has become

10. What is the only book Billy can read on the trip to Tralfamadore?
(a) The Valley of the Dolls
(b) The Dollhouse Murders
(c) The Sorrow and the Pity
(d) How Green Was My Valley

11. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?
(a) That they are excusable if done for a good reason.
(b) To run away from them if at all possible.
(c) That they are a necessary part of human history.
(d) Not to be involved in them, or take glee from them.

12. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?
(a) It reminds him of the Danube River.
(b) They want to go swimming in the water.
(c) He wants to see if he can catch a trout.
(d) His daughter had never seen a river before.

13. What was Mackay's opinion about the Children's Crusade?
(a) It was a glorious event that should be celebrated.
(b) It was a terrible betrayal of the families involved.
(c) It was only slightly worse than grown-up crusades.
(d) It was a bitter waste, but ultimately positive.

14. How long does Billy stay locked in a railroad boxcar before it starts moving?
(a) Five days
(b) Ten hours
(c) Two days
(d) One day

15. What do the Tralfamadorans do with Billy?
(a) They use him to test medicines.
(b) They ask him about Earth culture.
(c) They put him on display in a zoo.
(d) They perform intelligence tests on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vonnegut notes that more people were killed in Dresden than. . .

2. What happened when Lot's wife looked back on Sodom and Gomorrah?

3. How does Roland Weary die?

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

5. Where does Billy find himself the morning after he becomes drunk at the party?

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