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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the English translation of "Schlachthof-Funf?"
(a) Surgical-Office
(b) Sausage-Factory
(c) Fun-House
(d) Slaughterhouse-Five

2. Where did the soldiers take Billy and Roland?
(a) To a stone cottage filled with other prisoners
(b) To a local brewery where they were fed sausages
(c) To the town jail where they were able to wash up
(d) To the mayor's house in the nearest village

3. Who guards Billy and Edgar Derby as they work in the slaughterhouse?
(a) An old man with one leg
(b) Two blonde German soldiers
(c) A sixteen-year-old boy
(d) Paul Lazzaro

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

5. Why do the Germans take pictures of Roland and Billy?
(a) For official records
(b) They like the Americans
(c) They are making postcards
(d) For propaganda purposes

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Billy know when he boarded the airplane to Montreal?

2. Why does the Head Englishman envy the Americans?

3. What does Billy do after he leaves the hospital?

4. How does Billy help Edgar?

5. Who becomes the Head American?

(see the answer key)

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