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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Tralfamadoran compare a moment in time to?
(a) A sheet of ice
(b) A flickering flame
(c) A bug trapped in amber
(d) The reflection in a mirror

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

3. What does the author compare the march of American prisoners to?
(a) Ants moving their anthill to a new location
(b) Caribou migrating across the Arctic plains
(c) The young people in the Children's Crusade
(d) Water flowing downhill into a large river

4. What does Billy's doctor advise him to do every day?
(a) Take anti-depressants
(b) Pray
(c) Take a long walk
(d) Take a nap

5. What do stars look like to Tralfamadorans?
(a) Glowing bouncing balls
(b) Strings of luminous spaghetti
(c) Pulsating circles of light
(d) Hexagonal specks of light

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Tralfamadorans do with Billy?

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

3. Where did the soldiers take Billy and Roland?

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

5. What was the prized possession of the Commander who captured Billy and Roland?

(see the answer key)

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