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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when Billy tries to sleep in the railroad car?
(a) The guards start searching through the railroad car.
(b) Someone in the darkness starts screaming loudly.
(c) The railroad car starts moving too fast to sleep.
(d) The other soldiers tell him to go lie down someplace else.

3. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?
(a) She thinks he is getting senile.
(b) She thinks he is distracted by grief.
(c) She thinks he got pneumonia.
(d) She thinks he is too proud to ask for money.

4. How do the Tralfamadorans view time?
(a) Like a river that flows in one direction only.
(b) As permanent fixtures, like the Rocky Mountains.
(c) As a gift that should be treasured like gold.
(d) It's a nuisance; time goes too slowly.

5. What does Billy compare the guard's railroad car to?
(a) Heaven
(b) A palace
(c) A brothel
(d) A movie set

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Germans take pictures of Roland and Billy?

2. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?

3. Where does Billy time travel to while in the showers?

4. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?

5. What do stars look like to Tralfamadorans?

(see the answer key)

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