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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy's doctor advise him to do every day?
(a) Take a long walk
(b) Take a nap
(c) Take anti-depressants
(d) Pray

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

3. What does Barbara think is wrong with Billy when she finds him in his cold house?
(a) She thinks he is too proud to ask for money.
(b) She thinks he is getting senile.
(c) She thinks he got pneumonia.
(d) She thinks he is distracted by grief.

4. What, according to the Tralfamadoran, is a concept that only appears on Earth?
(a) Charity
(b) Time
(c) Love
(d) Free will

5. Why did the German soldiers throw Billy into a shrubbery?
(a) They wanted him to help with the gardening.
(b) They were angry at him for smiling so much.
(c) So they could take a picture of his
(d) They wanted to play hide and seek with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Billy get a furlough during basic training?

2. How long had the British soldiers been prisoners of war?

3. Where is Billy when he wakes up from his dream?

4. How long does Billy stay locked in a railroad boxcar before it starts moving?

5. What happens to Billy in 1968?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author keep reminding the reader that Edgar Derby will die in Dresden?

2. What does it mean that Billy Pilgrim is "unstuck in time?"

3. When does Billy Pilgrim first experience being unstuck in time?

4. Where were the American prisoners of war kept as they were captured?

5. Why does Billy keep a framed copy of the Serenity Prayer in his office?

6. Describe the structure of a Tralfamadoran novel.

7. Why did Roland Weary start to beat and kick Billy?

8. How do the Tralfamadorans answer Billy's question about being kidnapped?

9. Why does Vonnegut say this book will be "jumbled and jangled?"

10. What does Billy extrapolate happening after the end of the war movie he is watching on the night before his daughter's wedding?

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