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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Paul Lazzaro most proud of?
(a) He was able to fight as a boxer.
(b) He never stole anything in his life.
(c) He never told a lie to another.
(d) He never hurt an innocent bystander.

2. What does the Marine major tell Billy at the Lion's Club?
(a) Billy should not have allowed himself to be captured.
(b) Billy was a great soldier and should be proud of that.
(c) Chaplains are silly and unnecessary in the army.
(d) Billy should be proud of his son for joining the Green Berets.

3. What does one of the German soldiers do to Roland Weary?
(a) Spits on his shoulder
(b) Beats him with a rifle
(c) Takes away his uniform
(d) Mocks his accent

4. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?
(a) As permanent fixtures, like the Rocky Mountains.
(b) Like a river that flows in one direction only.
(c) It's a nuisance; time goes too slowly.
(d) As a gift that should be treasured like gold.

5. According to this book, by the late nineteen seventies, the United States of America has been. . .
(a) turned into a huge shopping mall.
(b) conquered by the Chinese.
(c) divided into 20 smaller countries.
(d) declared the last super power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Tralfamadorans?

2. What play do the English prisoners put on to welcome the Americans?

3. What does Billy dream about in the hospital?

4. What was the prized possession of the Commander who captured Billy and Roland?

5. Which person dies on the railroad trip in Germany?

(see the answer key)

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