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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the English translation of "Schlachthof-Funf?"
(a) Sausage-Factory
(b) Surgical-Office
(c) Fun-House
(d) Slaughterhouse-Five

2. Of those below, who was not busy in Dresden after the bombing?
(a) Bernard O'Hare
(b) Werner Gluck
(c) Billy Pilgrim
(d) Edgar Derby

3. What, according to Paul Lazzaro, is the sweetest thing on Earth?
(a) Vanilla Ice Cream
(b) Sex
(c) Revenge
(d) Family

4. Why did the Germans who survived the bombing flee from Dresden?
(a) There was no supply of water in the city.
(b) They were afraid the Allies would bomb it again.
(c) There was no food left in the city to eat.
(d) They were afraid of the invading Russians.

5. What do they find in the ruins of a building?
(a) Dozens of unmarked corpses
(b) One small child who survived the fires
(c) The body of a priest clutching a rosary
(d) An American prisoner who had been missing

6. What happens while Billy is still unconscious in the hospital?
(a) Reagan is elected president.
(b) His daughter gets married.
(c) His wife dies.
(d) His son joins the army.

7. Who was not permitted to enter Dresden after the bombing?
(a) German soldiers
(b) Russian soldiers
(c) German citizens
(d) American prisoners of war

8. How does Billy help Edgar?
(a) He offers to do Edgar's work.
(b) He reads to him at night.
(c) He gives him a syrup lollipop.
(d) He hides things for him.

9. Professor Rumfoord is said to resemble. . .
(a) Theodore Roosevelt
(b) a gorilla
(c) Howard J. Campbell
(d) Sean Connery

10. What do Billy, Werner, and Edgar find instead of a kitchen?
(a) A large shower with naked girls in it
(b) A room that holds luggage from refugees
(c) A pen filled with the bodies of animals
(d) A library stuffed with old books

11. How does Billy start telling people about Tralfamadore?
(a) On a radio show that broadcasts near his hotel.
(b) By going on a television show and speaking to the host.
(c) He writes a letter to the New York Times.
(d) He writes a book that becomes a bestseller.

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

13. What does Vonnegut compare Dresden to after it has been bombed?
(a) A forest fire
(b) The crater of a volcano
(c) A huge parking lot
(d) The surface of the Moon

14. Who is Howard J. Campbell?
(a) The owner of the factory Billy works in
(b) One of the prisoners of war
(c) One of the American generals
(d) An American who joined the Nazi Party

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Barbara Pilgrim say she would like to kill?

2. What time of year is it when the war ends?

3. What did the Polish song remind Billy about?

4. Who was in the camp hospital with Billy when he woke up?

5. Why does Bertram Rumfoord not want to hear Billy talk about Dresden?

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