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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 was his father chosen to be at his hunting shack?
(a) The camp preacher.
(b) The camp doctor.
(c) The camp cook.
(d) The camp counselor.

2. What is Trout's advice to people after the timequake ends?
(a) To stay home.
(b) To eat healthy.
(c) To exercise.
(d) To find their loved ones.

3. What item did Trout acquire after the timequake's end?
(a) A drum set.
(b) A gun.
(c) A bazooka.
(d) A harmonica.

4. What emotion did Vonnegut's grandfather's second wife act on?
(a) Desire.
(b) Love.
(c) Anger.
(d) Jealousy.

5. Why do no emergency response teams ever come to anyone's help?
(a) They are in peril too.
(b) They have no fuel to get there.
(c) They are too busy.
(d) They are all gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What assassin does Vonnegut mention?

2. What does Trout see smoldering after the timequake ends?

3. What did Trout's hospital get turned into?

4. What was the result in the grandchildren for their grandfather's second wife's treatment?

5. What does Vonnegut still write on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Trout do when the timequake ends?

2. What does Vonnegut want in a family?

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

4. What do Vonnegut's parents observe?

5. What is the Kilgore Creed?

6. Who inspires Vonnegut's love for books?

7. Describe what swoopers and bashers are.

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

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

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

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