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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. How does Hitler die according to "Bingo Bunker Party"?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He dies from pneumonia.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) He dies of cancer.

2. How does the author view his writing?
(a) Mediocre at best.
(b) The best work written.
(c) Bad and unfit for publication.
(d) Good.

3. Where did the police find Trout?
(a) Hitch hiking.
(b) A library in New York City.
(c) A street in New York City.
(d) In the subway.

4. What does Vonnegut predict jock itch will become fatal with?
(a) Sulfer.
(b) Sodium.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Carbon.

5. What is Trout's disguise intended to do?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Give background information.
(c) Better understand Trout's character.
(d) Evoke sympathy in the onlooker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Trout dress in Chapter 12?

2. Where was the atomic bomb invented?

3. What does Trout do with the stories he writes?

4. What type of genre is "Timequake"?

5. What does Vonnegut feel no one will ever understand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Fleon Sunoco.

2. What does Vonnegut believe most people are interested in?

3. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

4. How does Vonnegut feel about religion?

5. What happens in "Bingo Bunker Party"?

6. Who is Kilgore Trout?

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

8. What ideas are the author's expressions a major reflection of?

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

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

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