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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the English prisoners give their latrine to the Americans?
(a) They wanted to be as friendly as possible.
(b) They were disgusted by the Americans' messiness.
(c) They wanted the Americans to feel at home.
(d) They did not need the latrine because they had another one.

2. What was Edgar Derby's job before he joined the army?
(a) He was a high school teacher.
(b) He was an advertising executive.
(c) He drove a forklift in a warehouse.
(d) He worked in a toothpaste factory.

3. Where does Billy work while he is in Dresden?
(a) In a library
(b) In a railroad station
(c) In a kitchen
(d) In a factory

4. What did the German soldiers find on Billy when they searched him?
(a) A two-inch pencil stub
(b) A picture of his girlfriend
(c) The letter from his mother
(d) His rifle and bayonet

5. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?
(a) It reminds him of the Danube River.
(b) They want to go swimming in the water.
(c) He wants to see if he can catch a trout.
(d) His daughter had never seen a river before.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the source of the "animal magnetism" that Billy feels in the hospital?

4. Where does Billy time travel to after the Carlbad Caverns?

5. What distracts Billy from Campbell's talk?

(see the answer key)

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