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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 Vonnegut compare Dresden to after it has been bombed?
(a) A huge parking lot
(b) The surface of the Moon
(c) The crater of a volcano
(d) A forest fire

2. Who was in the camp hospital with Billy when he woke up?
(a) A British Officer
(b) Edgar Derby and Paul Lazzaro
(c) No one
(d) Roland Weary and Edgar Derby

3. Who catches Billy at his crime?
(a) A German refugee
(b) Paul Lazzaro
(c) Werner Gluck
(d) Edgar Derby

4. Professor Rumfoord is said to resemble. . .
(a) Theodore Roosevelt
(b) a gorilla
(c) Howard J. Campbell
(d) Sean Connery

5. Who becomes the Head American?
(a) Billy Pilgrim
(b) A British Officer
(c) Paul Lazzaro
(d) Edgar Derby

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime does Billy commit while he is working?

2. Who was Paul Lazzaro's one friend in the war?

3. What happened to Billy's partner?

4. What does the barbershop quartet at the anniversary party remind Billy of?

5. Who, according to Campbell, would the Americans be fighting if they joined him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Billy become confused when the skiers arrive to rescue him after the plane crash?

2. How does he explain the symbolism of his armband?

3. What is echolalia?

4. What story does Billy Pilgrim tell Montana when she begs him for one?

5. What does the phrase "so it goes" mean?

6. What does Montana Wildhack wear around her neck?

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

8. What does Howard J. Campbell wear?

9. Why do people think Billy is brain damaged after his surgery?

10. Why, according to the author, is Edgar Derby's speech so remarkable during war?

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