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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Vonnegut study in college?
(a) Political science
(b) Philosophy
(c) Creative Writing
(d) Anthropology

2. What do humans look like to the Tralfamadorans?
(a) Millipedes
(b) Pale worms
(c) Butterflies
(d) Chimpanzees

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hobo in Billy's railroad boxcar tell him?

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

3. What interrupts Billy's attempt at napping?

4. How does Billy's son Robert straighten out his life?

5. Which person dies on the railroad trip in Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the soliders not want Billy to sleep near them?

2. Name some of the places in time that Billy travels to in this chapter.

3. Why does Vonnegut say this book will be "jumbled and jangled?"

4. Where were the American prisoners of war kept as they were captured?

5. Where does Billy time travel to when the spaceship hits a time warp?

6. What does the story of Sodom and Gomorrah have to do with Vonnegut's book about Dresden?

7. What is unusual about the way Tralfamadorans view time?

8. How did Billy finally get some sleep?

9. What parts of Ilium remind Billy of the ruined towns in World War II?

10. What does Billy extrapolate happening after the end of the war movie he is watching on the night before his daughter's wedding?

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