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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 type of family does Vonnegut desire?
(a) No family at all.
(b) A large and loud family.
(c) A small family.
(d) A closely knit conglomeration.

2. Where do Vonnegut and Trout go after the play?
(a) A picnic.
(b) A crawfish boil.
(c) A pig cook.
(d) A clambake.

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

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

5. What does the author promote in an abstract way?
(a) Habitual necessities.
(b) Family values.
(c) Family lifestyles.
(d) Friendly habits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was ringing the doorbell when the alarm was going off?

2. Who runs into the Academy informing everyone free will has returned?

3. What did Trout blow up after the timequake's end?

4. Why do no emergency response teams ever come to anyone's help?

5. What does Vonnegut observe happens to humans once they reach a certain age?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vonnegut type his work on?

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

3. Describe what swoopers and bashers are.

4. What assassination does Vonnegut describe?

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

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

7. Why is the hospital turned into a barracks?

8. What does Trout find after the timequake that he becomes destructive with?

9. What nearly crushes Prince as free will returns?

10. Describe what Vonnegut thinks about humans and their choices in life.

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