View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Billy believe that he will die?
(a) September 17th, 1979
(b) October 12th, 1980
(c) January 25th, 1982
(d) February 13th, 1976

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

3. Why did the English prisoners give their latrine to the Americans?
(a) They were disgusted by the Americans' messiness.
(b) They wanted to be as friendly as possible.
(c) They wanted the Americans to feel at home.
(d) They did not need the latrine because they had another one.

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

5. Who was not permitted to enter Dresden after the bombing?
(a) Russian soldiers
(b) German citizens
(c) German soldiers
(d) American prisoners of war

6. Who was in the camp hospital with Billy when he woke up?
(a) A British Officer
(b) Edgar Derby and Paul Lazzaro
(c) No one
(d) Roland Weary and Edgar Derby

7. Who died a month earlier than that?
(a) Fifty-eight soldiers in Vietnam
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Montana Wildhack
(d) Robert Kennedy

8. What is the source of the "animal magnetism" that Billy feels in the hospital?
(a) An alien
(b) A vampire
(c) His coat
(d) The nurse

9. What does Billy find in the theater to wear?
(a) Cinderella's gown
(b) Silver boots
(c) A new overcoat
(d) Somebody's fur hat

10. Where is Dresden located when Vonnegut goes to visit it?
(a) West Germany
(b) France
(c) East Germany
(d) Russia

11. Where did the diamond in Valencia's engagement ring come from?
(a) The coat Billy wore in the POW camp
(b) Billy found it in Dresden
(c) It was an heirloom in Billy's family
(d) Her father gave it to Billy

12. Who finds Billy after the airplane crash?
(a) The barbershop quartet
(b) Two Austrian ski instructors
(c) A boyscout troop hiking in the woods
(d) A ranger from a nearby station

13. What, according to Paul Lazzaro, is the sweetest thing on Earth?
(a) Vanilla Ice Cream
(b) Family
(c) Revenge
(d) Sex

14. What do Billy, Werner, and Edgar find instead of a kitchen?
(a) A large shower with naked girls in it
(b) A room that holds luggage from refugees
(c) A library stuffed with old books
(d) A pen filled with the bodies of animals

15. How does Billy help Edgar?
(a) He offers to do Edgar's work.
(b) He hides things for him.
(c) He reads to him at night.
(d) He gives him a syrup lollipop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens while Billy is still unconscious in the hospital?

2. What does Billy do when Rumfoord tells him that Dresden did need to be bombed?

3. What did the Polish song remind Billy about?

4. What distracts Billy from Campbell's talk?

5. Who is Billy's digging partner?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 533 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample