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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who rescues Billy from being beaten by Roland Weary?
(a) American Army Scouts
(b) A patrol of German soldiers
(c) The Tralfamadorans
(d) Bernard O'Hare

2. What are the Tralfamadorans?
(a) Aliens that see in four dimensions.
(b) People who become Billy's fan club.
(c) A secret society of optometrists.
(d) A group of anti-war activists.

3. One of Kurt Vonnegut's war buddies was killed for. . .
(a) taking a teapot.
(b) breaking an egg.
(c) attacking a guard.
(d) stealing food.

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

5. How did Vonnegut once write an outline for a book?
(a) On a roll of wallpaper with a crayon
(b) In the back of a flatbed truck
(c) Typing on a continuous roll of paper
(d) On a matchbook cover by candlelight

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?

2. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?

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

4. What job did Vonnegut have when he was in college?

5. Kurt Vonnegut tells Mary O'Hare that he is going to call his book:

(see the answer key)

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