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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 new study does Vonnegut desire humans to invest their time in?
(a) Human compassion.
(b) Human desire.
(c) Human purposes.
(d) Human awareness.

2. What does Trout take a picture of when the timequake ends?
(a) The wall.
(b) The sofa.
(c) The streets.
(d) The sky.

3. What did Vonnegut's first wife die from?
(a) Believing in Christianity.
(b) A car crash.
(c) Peneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

4. What needs to be redistributed upward according to Vonnegut?
(a) Food.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Strength.

5. In what state does the author go to see an art exhibit?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) New York.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Nevada.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who instilled Vonnegut's love for books in him?

3. What did Trout's parents observe the animals do in their observations?

4. What remains calm during the return of free will?

5. What is Trout's advice to people after the timequake ends?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Kilgore Creed?

3. What happens to traffic after the timequake ends?

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

5. Who does Vonnegut consider the best English author?

6. What does Vonnegut think about socialism?

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

8. Why is the hospital turned into a barracks?

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

10. Describe what swoopers and bashers are.

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