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

2. What was Mackay's opinion about the Children's Crusade?
(a) It was a bitter waste, but ultimately positive.
(b) It was a glorious event that should be celebrated.
(c) It was a terrible betrayal of the families involved.
(d) It was only slightly worse than grown-up crusades.

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

4. Who is Wild Bob?
(a) A German guard who loved American cowboy movies
(b) A colonel who lost his entire regiment
(c) The hobo Billy meets in the railroad car
(d) The name of a German shepherd in a POW camp

5. What is unusual about the war movie Billy watches?
(a) It stars Roland Weary as the hero of the story.
(b) It plays backwards and then forwards again.
(c) The characters in the movie start talking to Billy.
(d) It is about Billy's own experiences in the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time they reach Luxembourg, Roland Weary is reduced to wearing. . .

2. What are the Tralfamadorans?

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

4. What did the German soldiers find on Billy when they searched him?

5. What play do the British officers perform for the Americans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why were Roland Weary's feet so bloody?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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