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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who promises to avenge Roland?
(a) The Three Musketeers
(b) Billy Pilgrim
(c) Edgar Derby
(d) Paul Lazzaro
2. How many days does Billy travel in the railroad cars before arriving at the camp?
(a) Six days
(b) Twelve days
(c) Five days
(d) Ten days
3. What did the German soldiers find on Billy when they searched him?
(a) His rifle and bayonet
(b) A picture of his girlfriend
(c) A two-inch pencil stub
(d) The letter from his mother
4. What interrupts Billy's attempt at napping?
(a) A man comes selling magazine subscriptions.
(b) His daughter calls on the telephone.
(c) The Tralfamadorans show up.
(d) The neighbor's dog starts barking.
5. What, according to Vonnegut, will be the end of this book?
(a) Nothing would ever be the same.
(b) And that's the end.
(c) Poo-tee-weet?
(d) So it goes.
6. What happens when Billy tries to sleep in the railroad car?
(a) The other soldiers tell him to go lie down someplace else.
(b) The guards start searching through the railroad car.
(c) Someone in the darkness starts screaming loudly.
(d) The railroad car starts moving too fast to sleep.
7. Who does Roland Weary blame for his death?
(a) Wild Bob
(b) God
(c) Billy Pilgrim
(d) The Germans
8. How does Roland Weary die?
(a) Killed by a German guard
(b) By shooting himself in the head
(c) From gangrene in his feet
(d) Killed by the other prisoners
9. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?
(a) That they are excusable if done for a good reason.
(b) To run away from them if at all possible.
(c) That they are a necessary part of human history.
(d) Not to be involved in them, or take glee from them.
10. Which college did Vonnegut attend?
(a) Stanford University
(b) The University of Dresden
(c) The University of Chicago
(d) Cornell University
11. What did Vonnegut study in college?
(a) Anthropology
(b) Philosophy
(c) Creative Writing
(d) Political science
12. What was Mackay's opinion about the Children's Crusade?
(a) It was a terrible betrayal of the families involved.
(b) It was only slightly worse than grown-up crusades.
(c) It was a glorious event that should be celebrated.
(d) It was a bitter waste, but ultimately positive.
13. How did Billy Pilgrim learn to swim?
(a) His father threw him into the deep end of a swimming pool.
(b) He used to go swimming with other boys in a local creek.
(c) He was on a sail boat that capsized during a storm.
(d) He took lessons from a girl in a blue swimming suit.
14. Why does Vonnegut stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?
(a) They want to go swimming in the water.
(b) It reminds him of the Danube River.
(c) His daughter had never seen a river before.
(d) He wants to see if he can catch a trout.
15. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?
(a) In an empty school
(b) In a baby food factory
(c) In a deserted zoo
(d) In a slaughterhouse
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Billy when he wakes up from his dream?
2. What type of book does Vonnegut tell his friend he is writing?
3. What was it about the Grand Canyon that scared Billy?
4. What does Billy compare the guard's railroad car to?
5. What play do the British officers perform for the Americans?
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