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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Zoltan doing when the timequake went into effect?
(a) Walking his dog.
(b) Singing in the shower.
(c) Ringing the doorbell.
(d) Taking a nap.

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

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

4. What does Trout do with the stories he writes?
(a) Reads them out loud.
(b) Throws them in the trash.
(c) Keeps them hidden.
(d) Publishes them.

5. Where do people find themselves when the universe stops for a decade?
(a) Suspended fro ten years.
(b) Ten years forward.
(c) Ten years back.
(d) Ten hours behind.

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

7. Where is the writer's retreat located?
(a) California.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) New Hampshire.

8. What did people not know existed until many years later?
(a) Another hemisphere.
(b) Ice ages.
(c) Meteorites.
(d) Another galaxy.

9. Where does Monica Pepper work?
(a) At a theatre.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(d) At a drive in.

10. What is Vonnegut's oldest sister's name?
(a) Alli.
(b) Allison.
(c) Allie.
(d) Ally.

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

12. How old was Vonnegut's granddaughter when she performed in a play?
(a) 11 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

13. How many years later did Vonnegut attend an anniversary of the atomic bombing at a chapel?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 30 years.

14. Whose brains does Fleon study?
(a) Those who are American and Chinese.
(b) People of the Mensa and those who die in stupid accidents.
(c) Those who are old and young.
(d) Those who are Irish and Scotish.

15. What does PTA stand for?
(a) Post Timequake Apparatus.
(b) Post Timequake Apathy.
(c) Post Timequake Absence.
(d) Post Timquakes Apothicary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed the first Soviet hydrogen bomb?

2. What addiction does Vonnegut claim is possible for people?

3. Who is Monica's husband?

4. What does Fleon believe about intelligent people?

5. What is the response from the person Vonnegut writes to when he is restless about his writing?

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