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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut buy at the stationary store?
(a) An envelope.
(b) Some paper.
(c) A stamp.
(d) A card.

2. Who was ringing the doorbell when the alarm was going off?
(a) Zoltan.
(b) Trout.
(c) Prince.
(d) Monica.

3. What did Trout search for as the mayhem grew after the timeqauke?
(a) Warmth.
(b) Shelter from the growing disaster.
(c) Food.
(d) A place to sleep.

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

5. Who translated the King James Bible into English?
(a) Dickinson.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Andrewes.
(d) Malory.

6. What assassin does Vonnegut mention?
(a) John Wilkes Booth.
(b) Hitler and the Nazi's.
(c) Lee Harvey Ozwald.
(d) He never mentions an assassin.

7. What was the result in the grandchildren for their grandfather's second wife's treatment?
(a) A disdain for European and American aristocracy.
(b) A disdain for European aristorcracy.
(c) Insecurities.
(d) A disdain for American aristocracy.

8. What river does one fire truck roll into backwards?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Husdon River.
(c) The Tallahatchee River.
(d) The Potomic River.

9. Who does Vonnegut give credit to being the best English writer?
(a) Dickinson.
(b) Malory.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Andrewes.

10. What type of family does Vonnegut desire?
(a) A closely knit conglomeration.
(b) No family at all.
(c) A small family.
(d) A large and loud family.

11. What family member does the author discuss in Chapter 43 after he talks about his grandfather's second wife?
(a) His dad.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

12. What does Trout let out after the curtains close?
(a) His binoculars.
(b) His handkerchief.
(c) An audible sob.
(d) Gas cannisters.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trout see smoldering after the timequake ends?

2. What does Vonnegut realize about socialism?

3. What was his father chosen to be at his hunting shack?

4. Who would give Vonnegut all the best literary work's written?

5. Why did Vonnegut choose to go to college rather than take his dream job?

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