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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 find in the theater to wear?
(a) Somebody's fur hat
(b) A new overcoat
(c) Silver boots
(d) Cinderella's gown

2. What did Vonnegut think Dresden looked like?
(a) Heaven
(b) Indianapolis
(c) Oz
(d) New York

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

4. Why did Billy, Paul, and Edgar have to go to the theater from the hospital?
(a) To plan how to survive for the next month
(b) To see another performance of Cinderella
(c) To figure out how to built a new latrine
(d) To help elect a leader for their group

5. Where do the American prisoners sleep that night?
(a) Between large machines
(b) In a stable
(c) In rented rooms
(d) In a church

Short Answer Questions

1. Professor Rumfoord is said to resemble. . .

2. What does Bertram Rumfoord tell Lily about Billy?

3. What is the name of the barbershop quartet who perform on the airplane?

4. How does Billy help Edgar?

5. Who broke Paul Lazzaro's arm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Edgar react when Billy feeds him?

4. What is echolalia?

5. What do the guards realize after they take the American prisoners back to the slaughterhouse?

6. What finally happened to Edgar Derby?

7. What is Billy Pilgrim wearing by the time he reaches Dresden?

8. What objects were hidden in Billy's coat?

9. Why is Dresden so dark at night?

10. Why does Billy travel to New York?

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