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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Vonnegut hate to see his friend from war lose?
(a) His strength.
(b) His determination.
(c) His fiance.
(d) His religious faith.

2. Who did Vonnegut know that never married for money?
(a) His sister, Allie.
(b) His siblings.
(c) His dad.
(d) His mom.

3. Where does the author find himself when the story jumps ahead in Chapter 6?
(a) Europe.
(b) Chirstmas.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) A clambake.

4. What was Monica working on when the timequake went into effect?
(a) Walking her dog.
(b) Typing a letter.
(c) Taking a shower.
(d) Working on the Academy budget.

5. How does Trout dress in Chapter 12?
(a) Like a bag lady.
(b) Like a homeless person.
(c) Like a janitor.
(d) Like a business man.

6. Who did Zolant Pepper go to high school with?
(a) Trout.
(b) Monica.
(c) Allie.
(d) Vonnegut.

7. What does Vonnegut imagine combines?
(a) Rain and sunshine.
(b) Song and dance.
(c) Peridoic table elements.
(d) Rain and snow.

8. Where did the police find Trout?
(a) Hitch hiking.
(b) In the subway.
(c) A library in New York City.
(d) A street in New York City.

9. What did Vonnegut's sister die from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A car crash.
(d) A collapsed lung.

10. Who wrote "Our Town".
(a) Throton Wilder.
(b) Thorton Wilde.
(c) Thornton Wilde.
(d) Thornton Wilder.

11. Who wrote about Fleon Sunoco?
(a) Monica.
(b) Zoltan.
(c) Vonnegut.
(d) Trout.

12. What author made one of Vonnegut's friends cry from his writing?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) Stein.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Thoreau.

13. What was Trout doing when the timequake went into effect?
(a) Reading.
(b) Writing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

14. What kills Zoltan when free will is reinstated?
(a) A bullet.
(b) A rogue fire truck.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

15. Who wrote "A Street Car Named Desire"?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Thornton Wilder.
(c) Aruthur Miller.
(d) Tennesee Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kilgore Trout?

2. What does Vonnegut describe after Fleon's death?

3. What are Trout's actions a reflection of?

4. What does Vonnegut write abut at the end of Chapter 25?

5. What does Vonnegut tell the reader he stripped of all its bad pieces in the prologue?

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