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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Vonnegut send his pages of work to?

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

3. Where did Trout's parents observe their animals?

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

5. What was the homeless shelter converted into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Kilgore Creed?

2. What assassination does Vonnegut describe?

3. What does Vonnegut want in a family?

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

5. What does Trout do when the timequake ends?

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

7. Describe Vonnegut's step grandmother.

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

9. What does Vonnegut type his work on?

10. Describe Vonnegut's experience at the stationary store.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain and analyze how writing can become an addiction. What are the dangers of the addiction of writing in comparison to other addictions like drugs and alcohol?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the inclusion of Hitler and repeated imagery of World War II in "Timequake."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how life is suspended on auto-pilot during the timequake and what are the negative effects of living life without free will.

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