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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 bemoan losing appreciation for during the timequake?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Writing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Talking.

2. What kills Zoltan when free will is reinstated?
(a) A rogue fire truck.
(b) A bullet.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

3. What does PTA stand for?
(a) Post Timequake Apparatus.
(b) Post Timquakes Apothicary.
(c) Post Timequake Absence.
(d) Post Timequake Apathy.

4. How old was Vonnegut's granddaughter when she performed in a play?
(a) 12 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 11 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

5. What does Vonnegut write abut at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Sex.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What common expression does Vonnegut give detail on?

2. What is the condition of humans' free will during the timequake?

3. What does Vonnegut imagine combines?

4. What does Vonnegut regret for one of his friends in World War II?

5. What did Zolant's teacher immediately accuse him of upon turning in his paper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Zoltan become excited in Chapter 19?

2. What happens to Fleon Sunoco?

3. What does the author bemoan losing appreciation for during the timequake?

4. How does Vonnegut feel about religion?

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

6. How does Vonnegut feel about his own writing?

7. Describe what the Museum of the American Indian is turned into.

8. Who is Lily?

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

10. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

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