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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Billy make his first public speech?
(a) At a Lion's Club dinner in 1957
(b) On the radio in 1968
(c) In the POW camp in 1944
(d) To his high school class in 1940

2. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?
(a) It reminds him of the Danube River.
(b) He wants to see if he can catch a trout.
(c) They want to go swimming in the water.
(d) His daughter had never seen a river before.

3. What happened when Lot's wife looked back on Sodom and Gomorrah?
(a) She began to weep uncontrollably.
(b) She started to sing and dance.
(c) She turned into a pillar of salt.
(d) She suddenly fell down dead.

4. What did Vonnegut study in college?
(a) Political science
(b) Anthropology
(c) Philosophy
(d) Creative Writing

5. Who is "Princess?"
(a) A German shepherd dog
(b) Roland Weary's wife
(c) The woman in Roland's picture
(d) Billy's first girlfriend

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Billy in 1968?

2. What does Billy do when he gets drunk at the party in 1961?

3. What does the hobo in Billy's railroad boxcar tell him?

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

5. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?

(see the answer key)

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