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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Kilgore Trout?
(a) Vonnegut's sister.
(b) Vonnegut's brother.
(c) Vonnegut's alter ego.
(d) Vonnegut's best friend.

2. What is the name of the writer's retreat?
(a) Xanadu.
(b) Xandus.
(c) Xandow.
(d) Xanduss.

3. Where does Fleon prepare to go to?
(a) Sweeden.
(b) Italy.
(c) Stockholm.
(d) Africa.

4. How does Hitler die according to "Bingo Bunker Party"?
(a) He shoots himself.
(b) He dies of cancer.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He dies from pneumonia.

5. Who shows Zolant Trout's manuscript?
(a) Vonnegut.
(b) Trout.
(c) Allie.
(d) Prince.

6. Who retrieves "The Sisters B-36" from the trash?
(a) Allie.
(b) Trout.
(c) Prince.
(d) Vonnegut.

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

8. What does Fleon discover on the human brains who have been attributed as an intelligent?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A hollow spot in their inner ear.
(c) A bump on their nose.
(d) A bump on their inner ear.

9. Who do Vonnegut and his oldest sister mutually admire?
(a) John Denver.
(b) John Dillinger.
(c) John Tesh.
(d) Josh Dillinger.

10. What was the inventor of the Soviet hydrogen bomb rewarded with?
(a) The Nobel Peace Prize.
(b) A high governmental title.
(c) A lot of money.
(d) Nothing.

11. What is located next to the American Academy of Arts and Letters?
(a) A shopping mall.
(b) A park.
(c) A skating rink.
(d) A homeless shelter.

12. Where was the first atomic bomb dropped?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) New York City.
(c) Pearl Harbor.
(d) Hiroshima.

13. What does Vonnegut predict jock itch will become fatal with?
(a) Sulfer.
(b) Sodium.
(c) Carbon.
(d) Hydrogen.

14. What does Fleon buy?
(a) A suit.
(b) Underwear.
(c) A shirt.
(d) A suitcase.

15. What do the chapters with Fleon observe?
(a) Human correspondence.
(b) Human observation.
(c) Human intelligence.
(d) Human reaction.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the writer's retreat located?

3. What qualifies someone to be able to celebrate more than one anniversary a year?

4. What causes a universe to stop for a decade?

5. What does Vonnegut feel no one will ever understand?

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