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

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

3. What is unique about the coat Billy Pilgrim gets from the Germans?
(a) It was made to be worn by a woman.
(b) It's the only coat from a civilian.
(c) It is the only one made from blue fabric.
(d) It has silver buttons on the collar and cuffs.

4. What play do the English prisoners put on to welcome the Americans?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Macbeth
(c) The Glass Menagerie
(d) Cinderella

5. What question does the Frenchman ask about the Grand Canyon?
(a) If there were any good hotels inside the canyon itself
(b) If many people commit suicide by jumping into the canyon
(c) If you could go white water rafting on the river
(d) How many species living in the canyon had gone extinct

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Billy tries to sleep in the railroad car?

2. What was the prized possession of the Commander who captured Billy and Roland?

3. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?

4. What is unusual about the war movie Billy watches?

5. What does Billy do after he leaves the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the Children's Crusade?

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

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

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

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