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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Paul Lazzaro's one friend in the war?
(a) Billy Pilgrim
(b) Roland Weary
(c) Edgar Derby
(d) Bernard O'Hare

2. Who is Barbara Pilgrim?
(a) Billy's daughter, who also married an optometrist.
(b) Billy's mother, who is in a nursing home.
(c) Billy's first wife, who died in a car accident.
(d) Billy's second wife, who left him for another man.

3. Where does Billy time travel to while in the showers?
(a) He returns to the Lion's Club dinner in 1957.
(b) He recalls nearly drowning in the swimming pool.
(c) He becomes an infant being washed by his mother.
(d) He goes back to the night when he was kidnapped.

4. Which of these was not the subject of a book by Kilgore Trout?
(a) A time warp
(b) A tree that grows money
(c) A robot with bad breath
(d) A cattle drive in space

5. Why are the American prisoners given showers?
(a) To warm them up after the cold railroad ride
(b) In order to humiliate the American Army
(c) To help kill the lice and germs on their bodies
(d) Because the Germans cannot stand their smell

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Vonnegut, will be the end of this book?

2. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?

3. Who catches Billy at his crime?

4. How did Vonnegut once write an outline for a book?

5. How many days does Billy travel in the railroad cars before arriving at the camp?

(see the answer key)

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