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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?
(a) That they are a necessary part of human history.
(b) Not to be involved in them, or take glee from them.
(c) That they are excusable if done for a good reason.
(d) To run away from them if at all possible.

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

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

4. Where does Billy find himself the morning after he becomes drunk at the party?
(a) On Tralfamadore
(b) On the front lawn of the house
(c) In the backseat of his car
(d) In a prisoner of war camp

5. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?
(a) His father threw him into the deep end of a swimming pool.
(b) He was on a sail boat that capsized during a storm.
(c) He took lessons from a girl in a blue swimming suit.
(d) He used to go swimming with other boys in a local creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Tralfamadorans?

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

3. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?

4. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?

5. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?

(see the answer key)

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