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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author promote in an abstract way?
(a) Family values.
(b) Family lifestyles.
(c) Friendly habits.
(d) Habitual necessities.

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

3. What did Vonnegut want to work for before he went to college?
(a) An editorial.
(b) A magazine.
(c) A publishing company.
(d) A large newspaper.

4. What new study does Vonnegut desire humans to invest their time in?
(a) Human compassion.
(b) Human awareness.
(c) Human purposes.
(d) Human desire.

5. What does the author look at at the end of "Timequake"?
(a) The sun in the sky.
(b) The moon.
(c) The birds in the afternoon sky.
(d) Two stars in the sky.

6. How does the author view folk art?
(a) That it is kindergarten art.
(b) That it is cheap art.
(c) That it is not art.
(d) He likes it.

7. What was his father chosen to be at his hunting shack?
(a) The camp doctor.
(b) The camp counselor.
(c) The camp cook.
(d) The camp preacher.

8. What does Trout take a picture of when the timequake ends?
(a) The wall.
(b) The sky.
(c) The sofa.
(d) The streets.

9. Who is not impressed when Trout tells them free will has been reinstated?
(a) Vonnegut.
(b) Prince.
(c) Allie.
(d) Zoltan.

10. What ends the play on cue in Chapter 61?
(a) A tornado.
(b) An alarm.
(c) A whistle.
(d) A fire drill.

11. What does Vonnegut realize about socialism?
(a) Its ideals will never be realized.
(b) Its ideals are impossible.
(c) Its ideals have negative results.
(d) Its ideals are ironic.

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

13. What was the homeless shelter converted into?
(a) A war zone.
(b) Offices.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A barracks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do no emergency response teams ever come to anyone's help?

2. What did Vonnegut argue women tended to be?

3. What do Trout and his companion tell the homeless men?

4. What was the result in the grandchildren for their grandfather's second wife's treatment?

5. What did people regard Vonnegut as?

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