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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to being Rumfoord's fifth wife, Lily is also. . .
(a) related to Billy Pilgrim
(b) one of his former students
(c) an Air Force officer
(d) a former go-go dancer

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

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

4. Which sport are Kilgore Trout's aliens most interested in?
(a) Golf
(b) Horse racing
(c) Basketball
(d) Baseball

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

6. What response does Campbell get from most of the prisoners?
(a) Disgust
(b) Curiosity
(c) Scorn
(d) No response

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

8. What injury does Billy suffer from the airplane crash?
(a) He has broken four ribs.
(b) He has broken his leg.
(c) He has only cuts and scratches.
(d) He has a fractured skull.

9. What crime does Billy commit while he is working?
(a) He falls asleep while he is supposed to work.
(b) He eats syrup meant for pregnant women.
(c) He kills a guard who tries to steal from him.
(d) He steals jewels and puts them in his pocket.

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

11. How does Billy find out that the war is over?
(a) He hears the news on the radio.
(b) The American soldiers announce the news.
(c) A girl comes up and kisses him.
(d) The door to the inn is open.

12. Who wrote a fan letter to Kilgore Trout?
(a) Paul Lazzaro
(b) Billy Pilgrim
(c) Eliot Rosewater
(d) Kurt Vonnegut

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

14. Who finds Billy after the airplane crash?
(a) Two Austrian ski instructors
(b) A ranger from a nearby station
(c) The barbershop quartet
(d) A boyscout troop hiking in the woods

15. Why does Bertram Rumfoord not want to hear Billy talk about Dresden?
(a) He does not need any more research about the event.
(b) He does not want to have to deal with facts about the bombing.
(c) He is worried that Lily is secretly attracted to Billy.
(d) He does not believe that Billy was really there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing that causes Billy to cry during the war?

2. What did the corpses start to smell like?

3. In New York, Billy stays at which hotel?

4. What do the American prisoners find at the railroad station?

5. What does Bertram Rumfoord tell Lily about Billy?

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