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

2. What was the prized possession of the Commander who captured Billy and Roland?
(a) His pocket watch
(b) His golden boots
(c) His sheepskin jacket
(d) His ancient rifle

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

4. Why is Billy taken to the hospital during the play?
(a) He starts coughing up blood.
(b) He faints and they realize he is feverish.
(c) He starts laughing and cannot stop.
(d) He starts throwing up.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Vonnegut once write an outline for a book?

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

4. Which college did Vonnegut attend?

5. What author does Eliot Rosewater tell Billy about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Billy describe the Tralfamadorans?

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

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

4. Why does Kurt Vonnegut use real information from his life in this book?

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

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

7. When does Billy Pilgrim first experience being unstuck in time?

8. What happened to the army scouts who left Billy and Roland behind?

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

10. How do the Tralfamadorans answer Billy's question about being kidnapped?

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