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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 does Billy start telling people about Tralfamadore?
(a) By going on a television show and speaking to the host.
(b) He writes a letter to the New York Times.
(c) On a radio show that broadcasts near his hotel.
(d) He writes a book that becomes a bestseller.

2. When does Billy believe that he will die?
(a) September 17th, 1979
(b) January 25th, 1982
(c) October 12th, 1980
(d) February 13th, 1976

3. What do the American pilots do when they see the prisoners of war walking through Dresden after the bombing?
(a) Drop leaflets about freedom
(b) Stop to rescue them
(c) Drop packages of food
(d) Fire bullets at them

4. What connection is there between Werner Gluck and Billy Pilgrim?
(a) They both studied Optometry.
(b) They went to the same school.
(c) They are exactly the same age.
(d) They are distant cousins.

5. What happens while Billy is still unconscious in the hospital?
(a) Reagan is elected president.
(b) His wife dies.
(c) His son joins the army.
(d) His daughter gets married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bertram Rumfoord not want to hear Billy talk about Dresden?

2. Who died a month earlier than that?

3. Where do the American prisoners sleep that night?

4. Of those below, who was not busy in Dresden after the bombing?

5. What happens in The Big Board, the novel written by Kilgore Trout?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were there so many girls at the slaughterhouse?

2. What did Paul Lazzaro do to the dog that bit him?

3. What does Bernard's article about human population reveal about life?

4. What does Montana Wildhack wear around her neck?

5. How does Billy's wife, Valencia, die?

6. Why does Billy travel to New York?

7. What objects were hidden in Billy's coat?

8. What is remarkable about Billy while he sleeps in the back of the coffin-shaped wagon in Dresden?

9. What is Billy Pilgrim wearing by the time he reaches Dresden?

10. What did Billy Pilgrim ultimately learn from the Tralfamadorans?

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