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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?
(a) His best friends back in the United States
(b) A naked woman and a Shetland pony
(c) His car and his rifle
(d) His mother and his sister

2. How long does Billy stay locked in a railroad boxcar before it starts moving?
(a) Five days
(b) Ten hours
(c) One day
(d) Two days

3. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?
(a) In an empty school
(b) In a deserted zoo
(c) In a baby food factory
(d) In a slaughterhouse

4. What does Billy do when he gets drunk at the party in 1961?
(a) He calls up old girlfriends.
(b) He passes out on the living room rug.
(c) He cheats on his wife.
(d) He yells at his best friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?

2. Why does Mary O'Hare get angry at Kurt Vonnegut?

3. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?

4. Which college did Vonnegut attend?

5. What type of book does Vonnegut tell his friend he is writing?

(see the answer key)

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