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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 does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?
(a) They are all about the war.
(b) None of them have villains.
(c) None of them have been published.
(d) Vonnegut has burned every one of them.

2. One of Kurt Vonnegut's war buddies was killed for. . .
(a) taking a teapot.
(b) stealing food.
(c) breaking an egg.
(d) attacking a guard.

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

4. Which college did Vonnegut attend?
(a) Stanford University
(b) The University of Dresden
(c) Cornell University
(d) The University of Chicago

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Billy time travel to after the Carlbad Caverns?

2. What type of book does Vonnegut tell his friend he is writing?

3. Kurt Vonnegut tells Mary O'Hare that he is going to call his book:

4. Why is Billy taken to the hospital during the play?

5. What question does Billy ask the Tralfamadorans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Children's Crusade?

2. Why does the author keep reminding the reader that Edgar Derby will die in Dresden?

3. Describe the structure of a Tralfamadoran novel.

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

5. According to the aliens in Kilgore Trout's book, what is the flaw in the story of Christ?

6. Why do the Tralfamadorans not believe in free will?

7. Why were the British officers in this particular camp?

8. Why do the Germans need to record the names of the prisoners?

9. Where does Billy wake up after falling asleep with the other prisoners in the stone cottage?

10. Why does Billy keep a framed copy of the Serenity Prayer in his office?

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