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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the German soldiers do to Roland Weary?
(a) Beats him with a rifle
(b) Takes away his uniform
(c) Spits on his shoulder
(d) Mocks his accent

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

3. What author does Eliot Rosewater tell Billy about?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut
(b) Philip K. Dick
(c) L. Ron Hubbard
(d) Kilgore Trout

4. What do humans look like to the Tralfamadorans?
(a) Chimpanzees
(b) Butterflies
(c) Pale worms
(d) Millipedes

5. What is unique about the coat Billy Pilgrim gets from the Germans?
(a) It has silver buttons on the collar and cuffs.
(b) It was made to be worn by a woman.
(c) It's the only coat from a civilian.
(d) It is the only one made from blue fabric.

6. What was Mackay's opinion about the Children's Crusade?
(a) It was a glorious event that should be celebrated.
(b) It was a terrible betrayal of the families involved.
(c) It was a bitter waste, but ultimately positive.
(d) It was only slightly worse than grown-up crusades.

7. Why does Mary O'Hare get angry at Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) He ignores her when she asks questions.
(b) He gets her husband drunk in the kitchen.
(c) He refuses to drink the tea she offers.
(d) She thinks he is going to glorify soldiers in war.

8. Where is Billy when he wakes up from his dream?
(a) Waiting for his wife to wake up and get dressed
(b) Back in the Carlsbad Caverns, in the dark
(c) Sitting on his couch, watching a war movie
(d) In a mental ward, three years after the war

9. What job did Vonnegut have when he was in college?
(a) Working in a restaurant.
(b) He was a factory worker.
(c) He worked as a police reporter.
(d) He was a chaplain's assistant.

10. What does the hobo in Billy's railroad boxcar tell him?
(a) The secrets of Trafalmadore.
(b) That he has been in worse situations than this.
(c) That he knows him from somewhere.
(d) That he's been hungry for weeks.

11. What interrupts Billy's attempt at napping?
(a) The neighbor's dog starts barking.
(b) A man comes selling magazine subscriptions.
(c) The Tralfamadorans show up.
(d) His daughter calls on the telephone.

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

13. What, according to Vonnegut, will be the end of this book?
(a) And that's the end.
(b) So it goes.
(c) Poo-tee-weet?
(d) Nothing would ever be the same.

14. What name does Roland Weary give to the group of lost soldiers?
(a) The Three Musketeers
(b) The Last Warriors
(c) The Band of Brothers
(d) The Lost Souls

15. Why does Billy get a furlough during basic training?
(a) His father dies in a hunting accident.
(b) He becomes ill with appendicitis.
(c) He asks to visit his wife before going overseas.
(d) His mother suffers a relapse in the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?

2. Who is "Princess?"

3. Who rescues Billy from being beaten by Roland Weary?

4. Who promises to avenge Roland?

5. What is unusual about the war movie Billy watches?

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