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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 type of book does Vonnegut tell his friend he is writing?
(a) An epic
(b) A memoir
(c) An anti-war book
(d) An anti-glacier book

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

3. What are the Tralfamadorans?
(a) A secret society of optometrists.
(b) People who become Billy's fan club.
(c) Aliens that see in four dimensions.
(d) A group of anti-war activists.

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

5. What are the subjects of Roland Weary's most treasured picture?
(a) His best friends back in the United States
(b) His car and his rifle
(c) His mother and his sister
(d) A naked woman and a Shetland pony

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Roland Weary die?

2. One of Kurt Vonnegut's war buddies was killed for. . .

3. What happens when Billy tries to sleep in the railroad car?

4. What name does Roland Weary give to the group of lost soldiers?

5. By the time they reach Luxembourg, Roland Weary is reduced to wearing. . .

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Billy time travel to when the spaceship hits a time warp?

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

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

4. Describe the structure of a Tralfamadoran novel.

5. Why were the British officers in this particular camp?

6. Where does Billy wake up after falling asleep with the other prisoners in the stone cottage?

7. Why do the soliders not want Billy to sleep near them?

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

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

10. What happened to the army scouts who left Billy and Roland behind?

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