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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who instilled Vonnegut's love for books in him?
(a) His granfather.
(b) His mom.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His uncle.

2. Which of the following does Vonnegut NOT believe socialism will eliminate?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Illiteracy.
(c) Homelessness.
(d) Poverty.

3. What did Trout's parents study?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Birds.
(c) Mammals.
(d) Reptiles.

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

5. What needs to be redistributed upward according to Vonnegut?
(a) Strength.
(b) Power.
(c) Food.
(d) Wealth.

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

7. What would be the next step towards idealism after woman's rights?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) A Bill of Rights.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) Economic justice.

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

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

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

11. Who does Vonnegut confess his deep love to?
(a) A random person at a restaturant.
(b) The stationary store clerk.
(c) His new girlfriend.
(d) No one.

12. 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.

13. Who goes with Trout to the former Museum of the American Indian?
(a) Zolatan.
(b) Vonnegut.
(c) Marie.
(d) Prince.

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

15. 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 nurtured them.
(d) She tortured them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trout blow up after the timequake's end?

2. What type of alarm goes off after the timequake ends?

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

4. Where do Vonnegut and Trout go after the play?

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

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