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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. Who does Roland Weary blame for his death?
(a) The Germans
(b) Wild Bob
(c) God
(d) Billy Pilgrim

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

3. By the time they reach Luxembourg, Roland Weary is reduced to wearing. . .
(a) his hair in a ponytail.
(b) a blanket instead of a coat.
(c) clogs instead of boots.
(d) handcuffs on his wrists.

4. What does Billy compare the guard's railroad car to?
(a) A movie set
(b) A brothel
(c) A palace
(d) Heaven

5. How do the Tralfamadorans make Billy climb the ladder?
(a) They shoot a ray at him.
(b) They poke him with long sticks.
(c) They threaten him with death.
(d) They ask him politely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do stars look like to Tralfamadorans?

2. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?

3. What does Billy do when he gets drunk at the party in 1961?

4. When does Billy make his first public speech?

5. Where does Billy find himself the morning after he becomes drunk at the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name some of the places in time that Billy travels to in this chapter.

2. How did Billy finally get some sleep?

3. Why is Billy afraid to drop down from the railroad car?

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

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

6. Why does Kurt Vonnegut use real information from his life in this book?

7. According to the aliens in Kilgore Trout's book, what is the flaw in the story of Christ?

8. How does Billy describe the Tralfamadorans?

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

10. What did Kurt Vonnegut learn about the bombing of Dresden when he wrote to the Air Force for details?

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