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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut argue most people would like life to be like?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Unhappy.
(c) A long experience.
(d) A quick experience.

2. What does Vonnegut reflect on that impressed him during his life?
(a) Song and dance.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Theatrical plays.
(d) Movies.

3. Who is Monica Pepper?
(a) One of Vonnegut's fictionalized character.
(b) Trout's sister.
(c) Vonnegut's sister.
(d) Trout's cousin.

4. What battle does Vonnegut mention fighting in during World War II?
(a) Battle of the Brave.
(b) Battle of the Bulge.
(c) Battle of Bug.
(d) Battle of the Brush.

5. Where does the author find himself when the story jumps ahead in Chapter 6?
(a) A clambake.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Europe.
(d) Chirstmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vonnegut hate to see his friend from war lose?

2. What year in high school was Zolant when he stole another student's work?

3. Who wrote "Our Town".

4. What does Fleon believe about intelligent people?

5. Who wrote "A Street Car Named Desire"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Xanadu?

3. Describe Vonnegut's perception of Satan.

4. What is a timequake?

5. What happened to people in the western hemisphere when the timequake ended and why?

6. Discuss what the author did after World War II.

7. Who is Lily?

8. How does Vonnegut perceive his friend's tears?

9. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

10. How does Vonnegut feel about the atomic bomb?

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