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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is an experimental artist?
(a) Vonnegut's sister.
(b) Vonnegut's brother.
(c) Vonnegut's cousin.
(d) Vonnegut's mom.

6. What did Vonnegut's first wife die from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Peneumonia.
(c) A car crash.
(d) Believing in Christianity.

7. What did people regard Vonnegut as?
(a) Smart.
(b) Hot stuff.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Handsome.

8. Why did Vonnegut choose to go to college rather than take his dream job?
(a) His dream job was the easy way out.
(b) He had no where to work up to.
(c) College was the easy way out.
(d) He wanted more money for the job.

9. What does Vonnegut still write on?
(a) A notepad.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A computer.

10. What do Trout and his companion tell the homeless men?
(a) The Ode to Prosperity.
(b) The Trout Creed.
(c) The Ode to Homeless men.
(d) The Kilgore's Creed.

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

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

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

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

15. What class does the author teach?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Science.
(c) Creative writing.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author look at at the end of "Timequake"?

2. What did Trout search for as the mayhem grew after the timeqauke?

3. Who becomes involved helping those suffering from the timequake's end?

4. What did Vonnegut want to work for before he went to college?

5. What do the observations of the animals suggest about evolution?

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