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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the government declare as a result of the reinstated free will?
(a) Attack.
(b) Marshall law.
(c) War.
(d) Martial law.

2. What does Trout wear in Chapter 51?
(a) A police uniform.
(b) A fireman's uniform.
(c) A doctor's uniform.
(d) A guard's uniform.

3. Why do no emergency response teams ever come to anyone's help?
(a) They are in peril too.
(b) They are all gone.
(c) They have no fuel to get there.
(d) They are too busy.

4. What emotion did Vonnegut's grandfather's second wife act on?
(a) Love.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Desire.

5. What does Trout see smoldering after the timequake ends?
(a) Some brush.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Some leaves.
(d) His house.

6. What item did Trout acquire after the timequake's end?
(a) A bazooka.
(b) A drum set.
(c) A harmonica.
(d) A gun.

7. What is later recited in schools after the Pledge of Allegiance?
(a) The Lord's prayer.
(b) The Kilgore's Creed.
(c) The Trout's Creed.
(d) The Holy prayer.

8. Which grandfather does Vonnegut recall in Chapter 41?
(a) His paternal.
(b) His maternal.
(c) His god grandfather.
(d) His great grandpa.

9. What did Vonnegut argue women tended to be?
(a) Bashers.
(b) Swoopers.
(c) Delicate.
(d) Sexual.

10. What does Vonnegut observe happens to humans once they reach a certain age?
(a) A person can be successful with out a college education.
(b) Priorities change.
(c) They become frail.
(d) A person grows to hate themselves.

11. What did Trout's parents observe the animals do in their observations?
(a) They starved their young.
(b) They kicked their eggs off a high rock.
(c) They ate their young.
(d) They showed their young how to fly.

12. How does Vonnegut feel about socialism in Chapter 25?
(a) Disappointed in it.
(b) Happy with it.
(c) Established in it.
(d) Pleased.

13. How did Vonnegut's grandfather's second wife treat his children?
(a) She was nice, but distant.
(b) She was close to them.
(c) She tortured them.
(d) She nurtured them.

14. Who runs into the Academy informing everyone free will has returned?
(a) Monica.
(b) Allie.
(c) Trout.
(d) Vonnegut.

15. Where did Trout's parents observe their animals?
(a) Near Florida.
(b) Near Bermuda and Nova Scotia.
(c) Near Maryland.
(d) Near South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trout's parents study?

2. What does the author believe should be repudiated now that he is older?

3. Who does Vonnegut give credit to being the best English writer?

4. What was the homeless shelter converted into?

5. Who goes with Trout to the former Museum of the American Indian?

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