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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 Trout discover in Chapter 46 after the timequake has ended?
(a) The money.
(b) The gun.
(c) The smoke alarm.
(d) The time machine.

2. What ends the play on cue in Chapter 61?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A fire drill.
(c) An alarm.
(d) A whistle.

3. What nearly crushes Prince after the timequake ends?
(a) A tree.
(b) A falling chandelier.
(c) A door.
(d) A truck.

4. How does Vonnegut feel about socialism in Chapter 25?
(a) Disappointed in it.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Established in it.
(d) Happy with it.

5. What is the name of the hospital mentioned that treated drug addicts?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Bellevue.
(c) Memorial.
(d) Mercy Cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes involved helping those suffering from the timequake's end?

2. What river does one fire truck roll into backwards?

3. What new study does Vonnegut desire humans to invest their time in?

4. What needs to be redistributed upward according to Vonnegut?

5. What did the government declare as a result of the reinstated free will?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Vonnegut turn down to go to college instead?

2. What do Vonnegut's parents observe?

3. What does Vonnegut think about socialism?

4. What happens to traffic after the timequake ends?

5. Who inspires Vonnegut's love for books?

6. What do Vonnegut's parents' observations suggest?

7. What does Vonnegut think a future study should be?

8. Discuss what Vonnegut sees as the difference between his work and his brother's.

9. Describe what swoopers and bashers are.

10. What does Trout admit his actions post timequake were?

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