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

2. What was the inventor of the Soviet hydrogen bomb rewarded with?
(a) A lot of money.
(b) The Nobel Peace Prize.
(c) A high governmental title.
(d) Nothing.

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

4. What does Fleon discover on the human brains who have been attributed as an intelligent?
(a) A hollow spot in their inner ear.
(b) A bump on their nose.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A bump on their inner ear.

5. Who did Vonnegut know that never married for money?
(a) His mom.
(b) His dad.
(c) His sister, Allie.
(d) His siblings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everyone have to do to reach normal time again?

2. Where did the police find Trout?

3. Who wrote "Our Town".

4. Who does Vonnegut write to during his restlessness about his writing?

5. What do the chapters with Fleon observe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What idea does Vonnegut explore about human actions?

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

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

4. Why does the author think humans are stupid?

5. What happens in "Bingo Bunker Party"?

6. Discuss the addictions Vonnegut describes.

7. How does Vonnegut feel about his own writing?

8. What must people do when reading science fiction?

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

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

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