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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 is the first person Billy sees when he wakes up after surgery?
(a) Lily Rumfoord
(b) His son, Robert
(c) Professor Rumfoord
(d) His daughter, Barbara

2. What do the American pilots do when they see the prisoners of war walking through Dresden after the bombing?
(a) Fire bullets at them
(b) Drop leaflets about freedom
(c) Drop packages of food
(d) Stop to rescue them

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

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

5. What is the one thing that causes Billy to cry during the war?
(a) He loses a clock that he found in one of the houses.
(b) He sees a beautiful woman having a picnic in the ruins.
(c) He sees that the horses pulling his wagon are in pain.
(d) He finds the body of a child who died from breathing smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to this book, by the late nineteen seventies, the United States of America has been. . .

2. What did the Polish song remind Billy about?

3. When does Billy believe that he will die?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the German guards in Dresden relieved when they saw the American prisoners of war?

2. What advice does Paul Lazzaro give to Billy Pilgrim?

3. What story does Billy Pilgrim tell Montana when she begs him for one?

4. Why does Billy become confused when the skiers arrive to rescue him after the plane crash?

5. How does Billy's wife, Valencia, die?

6. What is remarkable about Billy while he sleeps in the back of the coffin-shaped wagon in Dresden?

7. What is echolalia?

8. Why is Dresden so dark at night?

9. How does he explain the symbolism of his armband?

10. What did Billy Pilgrim ultimately learn from the Tralfamadorans?

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