View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does everyone have to do to reach normal time again?
(a) Repeat the previous ten years exactly as they happened.
(b) Appreciate each other.
(c) Exercise for ten years.
(d) Sleep for ten years.

2. Who hopes to find an "important message from a higher power" in Trout's writing?
(a) Vonnegut.
(b) Prince.
(c) Monica.
(d) Zolant.

3. What author made one of Vonnegut's friends cry from his writing?
(a) Stein.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Faulkner.

4. How does Trout dress in Chapter 12?
(a) Like a business man.
(b) Like a homeless person.
(c) Like a janitor.
(d) Like a bag lady.

5. Where is the writer's retreat located?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) California.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Rhode Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes a universe to stop for a decade?

2. Who developed the first Soviet hydrogen bomb?

3. What was Vonnegut's granddaughter's name?

4. What battle does Vonnegut mention fighting in during World War II?

5. Who wrote about Fleon Sunoco?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the American Academy of Arts and Letters?

2. What were the Peppers doing when the timequake struck?

3. Describe Vonnegut's perception of Satan.

4. What is the implication about free will during the timequake?

5. What happens in "Bingo Bunker Party"?

6. Describe why the author recalls one of his friend's tears.

7. How does Vonnegut feel about his own writing?

8. Describe Zoltan and Trout's relationship as adolescents.

9. Why does the author think humans are stupid?

10. Where did the police find Trout and why?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 520 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample