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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Marine major tell Billy at the Lion's Club?
(a) Chaplains are silly and unnecessary in the army.
(b) Billy should not have allowed himself to be captured.
(c) Billy should be proud of his son for joining the Green Berets.
(d) Billy was a great soldier and should be proud of that.

2. Why does the Head Englishman envy the Americans?
(a) The German guards like the Americans better.
(b) They are going to be exchanged soon and go home.
(c) They are moving out from the camp to Dresden.
(d) They are young and will forget war sooner.

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

4. Who broke Paul Lazzaro's arm?
(a) A German soldier
(b) A Russian Prisoner of war
(c) Billy Pilgrim
(d) The Blue Fairy Godmother

5. What type of book does Vonnegut tell his friend he is writing?
(a) An anti-glacier book
(b) An epic
(c) An anti-war book
(d) A memoir

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Mackay's opinion about the Children's Crusade?

3. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?

4. How do the Tralfamadorans make Billy climb the ladder?

5. What complaint is Billy's doctor trying to relieve?

(see the answer key)

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