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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy dream about in the hospital?
(a) That he is a giraffe
(b) Marching next to Roland Weary
(c) Swimming in the Hudson River
(d) Flying over the battlefield

2. What was it about the Grand Canyon that scared Billy?
(a) He thought a rock might fall on his head.
(b) It reminded him of the swimming pool.
(c) He thought he might fall into it.
(d) He could not see the end of it.

3. What does Billy see in the Carlsbad Caverns when the lights are switched off?
(a) About a million bats falling out of an opening
(b) The silhouette of the Ranger's hat
(c) Nothing; he is left in total darkness
(d) His father's pocket watch glowing in the dark

4. Why does one of the Germans beat up an American prisoner of war?
(a) He was making fun of Billy Pilgrim.
(b) He was mimicking one of the other guards.
(c) He said something that the German did not like.
(d) He was trying to escape from the POW camp.

5. Who is "Princess?"
(a) Billy's first girlfriend
(b) A German shepherd dog
(c) Roland Weary's wife
(d) The woman in Roland's picture

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues Billy from being beaten by Roland Weary?

2. What surprised the British officers most about the American prisoners?

3. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?

4. What does the Tralfamadoran compare a moment in time to?

5. What do stars look like to Tralfamadorans?

(see the answer key)

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