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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the copy of "The Sisters B-36"?
(a) It was published.
(b) Vonngeut threw it away.
(c) Trout threw it away.
(d) Allie threw it away.

2. Who sees Trout discard his literary work?
(a) A guard at the Academy.
(b) A nurse at the hospital.
(c) A police officer.
(d) Another writer.

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

4. What year in high school was Zolant when he stole another student's work?
(a) Twelfth.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Eleventh.
(d) Ninth.

5. What is the condition of humans' free will during the timequake?
(a) It is suspended.
(b) It is in operation.
(c) There is no implcation.
(d) That it will revert to normal after ten years.

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

7. In what city is the American Academy of Arts and Letters located?
(a) New York City.
(b) Buffalo, NY.
(c) Atlanta, Ga.
(d) Chicago.

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

9. What does Vonnegut write abut at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) Sex.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Drugs.

10. What did one of Vonnegut's friends win as a reward in the war?
(a) A blue diamond.
(b) A gold medal.
(c) A purple heart.
(d) A bronze star.

11. Who do the officers play bingo with in "Bingo Bunker Party"?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Themselves.
(c) The children.
(d) Nazi's.

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

13. What does Trout feel contempt for?
(a) Writing newspaper articles.
(b) Writing poems.
(c) Writing literature.
(d) Writing science fiction.

14. What should people suspend to enjoy poetry and fiction?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Their natural skepticism.
(c) Their ulterior desires.
(d) Their initial thought.

15. Who does Vonnegut believe humanism is for?
(a) The middle class.
(b) The depressed.
(c) The poor.
(d) The wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everyone have to do to reach normal time again?

2. Who does Vonnegut write to during his restlessness about his writing?

3. What does Vonnegut recognize the importance of in Chapter 17?

4. What does Fleon buy?

5. Whose brains does Fleon study?

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