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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Monica Pepper?
(a) Trout's cousin.
(b) Trout's sister.
(c) One of Vonnegut's fictionalized character.
(d) Vonnegut's sister.

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

3. What qualifies someone to be able to celebrate more than one anniversary a year?
(a) Having children.
(b) Many days of togetherness.
(c) Many moments of togetheness.
(d) Many hours of togetherness.

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

5. What war is going on during Trout's story "Bingo Bunker Party"?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The American Revolution.

6. What is Trout's disguise intended to do?
(a) Give background information.
(b) Better understand Trout's character.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Evoke sympathy in the onlooker.

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

8. What is Eve's knowledge of lovemaking almost as good as according to Vonnegut?
(a) Knowledge of literature.
(b) Knowledge of religion.
(c) Knowledge of song.
(d) Knowledge for jazz.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What addiction does Vonnegut claim is possible for people?
(a) Writing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year in high school was Zolant when he stole another student's work?

2. Where is the writer's retreat located?

3. Who fell down once free will kicked in?

4. What did people not know existed until many years later?

5. What does Vonnegut reflect on at the beginning of Chapter 17?

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