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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?
(a) She thinks he is getting senile.
(b) She thinks he is distracted by grief.
(c) She thinks he is too proud to ask for money.
(d) She thinks he got pneumonia.

2. Vonnegut dedicates the book to Mary O'Hare and Gerhard Müller. Who is Gerhard Müller?
(a) A policeman in Chicago
(b) A guard in the prison camp
(c) The author of a book on massacres
(d) A taxi-driver in Dresde

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

4. What is Billy's position in the war?
(a) Private in the Infantry
(b) Second lieutenant
(c) Chaplain's assistant
(d) Corporal in Support Services

5. What does Billy do when he gets drunk at the party in 1961?
(a) He yells at his best friend.
(b) He cheats on his wife.
(c) He calls up old girlfriends.
(d) He passes out on the living room rug.

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

7. Who is "Princess?"
(a) A German shepherd dog
(b) The woman in Roland's picture
(c) Roland Weary's wife
(d) Billy's first girlfriend

8. Why do the Germans take pictures of Roland and Billy?
(a) For official records
(b) For propaganda purposes
(c) They are making postcards
(d) They like the Americans

9. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?
(a) In an empty school
(b) In a slaughterhouse
(c) In a baby food factory
(d) In a deserted zoo

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

11. What does Billy's doctor advise him to do every day?
(a) Take a long walk
(b) Take anti-depressants
(c) Take a nap
(d) Pray

12. Which person dies on the railroad trip in Germany?
(a) The hobo
(b) Bernard O'Hare
(c) Paul Lazzaro
(d) Edgar Derby

13. What question does Billy ask the Tralfamadorans?
(a) What life on Trafalmadore is like.
(b) Where they are and how they got there.
(c) How his life will end.
(d) Where his mother is.

14. Why are the American prisoners given showers?
(a) Because the Germans cannot stand their smell
(b) To help kill the lice and germs on their bodies
(c) In order to humiliate the American Army
(d) To warm them up after the cold railroad ride

15. How many days does Billy travel in the railroad cars before arriving at the camp?
(a) Six days
(b) Five days
(c) Twelve days
(d) Ten days

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Vonnegut have when he was in college?

2. What is the first thing both the Germans and the Tralfamadorans have Billy do?

3. What play do the British officers perform for the Americans?

4. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?

5. What question does the Frenchman ask about the Grand Canyon?

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