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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 did Vonnegut argue women tended to be?
(a) Delicate.
(b) Sexual.
(c) Bashers.
(d) Swoopers.

2. What do Trout and his companion tell the homeless men?
(a) The Ode to Prosperity.
(b) The Ode to Homeless men.
(c) The Trout Creed.
(d) The Kilgore's Creed.

3. Where did Trout's parents observe their animals?
(a) Near Bermuda and Nova Scotia.
(b) Near Maryland.
(c) Near South Africa.
(d) Near Florida.

4. What does Vonnegut realize about socialism?
(a) Its ideals will never be realized.
(b) Its ideals have negative results.
(c) Its ideals are ironic.
(d) Its ideals are impossible.

5. Who runs into the Academy informing everyone free will has returned?
(a) Monica.
(b) Allie.
(c) Trout.
(d) Vonnegut.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with Trout to the former Museum of the American Indian?

2. Why did Vonnegut choose to go to college rather than take his dream job?

3. What does Trout wear in Chapter 51?

4. What did people regard Vonnegut as?

5. What is the name of the hospital mentioned that treated drug addicts?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Vonnegut type his work on?

3. Who inspires Vonnegut's love for books?

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

5. Describe what swoopers and bashers are.

6. Why is the hospital turned into a barracks?

7. What happens to traffic after the timequake ends?

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

9. What assassination does Vonnegut describe?

10. How does Vonnegut feel about his brother's art?

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