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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Vonnegut, will be the end of this book?
(a) Nothing would ever be the same.
(b) So it goes.
(c) Poo-tee-weet?
(d) And that's the end.

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

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

4. This took place in:
(a) Dresden
(b) Rome
(c) Paris
(d) Munich

5. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?
(a) That's a pity.
(b) No one really dies.
(c) So it goes.
(d) Rejoice!

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Billy make his first public speech?

2. Vonnegut dedicates the book to Mary O'Hare and Gerhard Müller. Who is Gerhard Müller?

3. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?

4. What did the German soldiers find on Billy when they searched him?

5. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?

(see the answer key)

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