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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. Professor Rumfoord is said to resemble. . .
(a) Howard J. Campbell
(b) Theodore Roosevelt
(c) Sean Connery
(d) a gorilla

2. Why did the Englishman say that Dresden would never be bombed?
(a) Because it was too far from the border
(b) Because it was a neutral city
(c) Because it had no war industries
(d) Because the prisoners of war were there

3. What happens while Billy is still unconscious in the hospital?
(a) His wife dies.
(b) Reagan is elected president.
(c) His daughter gets married.
(d) His son joins the army.

4. Who broke Paul Lazzaro's arm?
(a) A German soldier
(b) A Russian Prisoner of war
(c) Billy Pilgrim
(d) The Blue Fairy Godmother

5. What is the English translation of "Schlachthof-Funf?"
(a) Surgical-Office
(b) Slaughterhouse-Five
(c) Fun-House
(d) Sausage-Factory

Short Answer Questions

1. How many novels has Kilgore Trout written?

2. What crime does Billy commit while he is working?

3. What does Billy find outside the inn?

4. Where do the American prisoners sleep that night?

5. What response does Campbell get from most of the prisoners?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What finally happened to Edgar Derby?

3. How did Tobruk's death change the procedure for recovering corpses?

4. Why were there so many girls at the slaughterhouse?

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

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

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

8. What does the phrase "so it goes" mean?

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

10. How does Billy Pilgrim die?

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