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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Billy time travel to after the Carlbad Caverns?
(a) He returns to basic training.
(b) He travels to another family vacation.
(c) He travels to the moment of his death.
(d) He returns to the POW camp.

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

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

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

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

7. What does the Marine major tell Billy at the Lion's Club?
(a) Billy should not have allowed himself to be captured.
(b) Billy should be proud of his son for joining the Green Berets.
(c) Chaplains are silly and unnecessary in the army.
(d) Billy was a great soldier and should be proud of that.

8. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?
(a) As permanent fixtures, like the Rocky Mountains.
(b) As a gift that should be treasured like gold.
(c) It's a nuisance; time goes too slowly.
(d) Like a river that flows in one direction only.

9. Where does Billy time travel to while in the showers?
(a) He goes back to the night when he was kidnapped.
(b) He becomes an infant being washed by his mother.
(c) He returns to the Lion's Club dinner in 1957.
(d) He recalls nearly drowning in the swimming pool.

10. What question does the Frenchman ask about the Grand Canyon?
(a) If there were any good hotels inside the canyon itself
(b) If many people commit suicide by jumping into the canyon
(c) How many species living in the canyon had gone extinct
(d) If you could go white water rafting on the river

11. 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.

12. How does Roland Weary die?
(a) By shooting himself in the head
(b) From gangrene in his feet
(c) Killed by a German guard
(d) Killed by the other prisoners

13. What was it about the Grand Canyon that scared Billy?
(a) He could not see the end of it.
(b) He thought a rock might fall on his head.
(c) He thought he might fall into it.
(d) It reminded him of the swimming pool.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Roland Weary give to the group of lost soldiers?

2. What is the only book Billy can read on the trip to Tralfamadore?

3. What does Billy do when he gets drunk at the party in 1961?

4. What does Billy compare the guard's railroad car to?

5. What interrupts Billy's attempt at napping?

(see the answer keys)

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