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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city is the American Academy of Arts and Letters located?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) Buffalo, NY.
(d) Atlanta, Ga.

2. What does Vonnegut compare his action of stripping out the bad pieces to?
(a) Golf.
(b) Filleting a fish.
(c) A sport.
(d) Jewelry.

3. What war is going on during Trout's story "Bingo Bunker Party"?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) World War II.

4. What should people suspend to enjoy poetry and fiction?
(a) Their ulterior desires.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Their initial thought.
(d) Their natural skepticism.

5. What type of genre is "Timequake"?
(a) Biography.
(b) Drama.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Science fiction.

6. What is Hitler's last word according to "Bingo Bunker Party"?
(a) Party.
(b) Bunker.
(c) Hoorah.
(d) Bingo.

7. Who did Zolant Pepper go to high school with?
(a) Vonnegut.
(b) Trout.
(c) Allie.
(d) Monica.

8. What is the story about Hitler filled with?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Analogies.
(d) Black humor.

9. What do the chapters with Fleon observe?
(a) Human intelligence.
(b) Human observation.
(c) Human reaction.
(d) Human correspondence.

10. What does PTA stand for?
(a) Post Timequake Apparatus.
(b) Post Timequake Absence.
(c) Post Timequake Apathy.
(d) Post Timquakes Apothicary.

11. What was Trout doing when the timequake went into effect?
(a) Writing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Singing.

12. What qualifies someone to be able to celebrate more than one anniversary a year?
(a) Many hours of togetherness.
(b) Many moments of togetheness.
(c) Having children.
(d) Many days of togetherness.

13. What was the planet named in which Trout's three sisters character's lived?
(a) Planet Beenie.
(b) Planet Booboo.
(c) Planet Bobo.
(d) Planet 662.

14. What does Vonnegut recognize the importance of in Chapter 17?
(a) Passion.
(b) Love.
(c) Religion.
(d) Friendship.

15. What was the inventor of the Soviet hydrogen bomb rewarded with?
(a) A lot of money.
(b) The Nobel Peace Prize.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A high governmental title.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Trout's disguise intended to do?

2. What is located next to the American Academy of Arts and Letters?

3. Where does Fleon prepare to go to?

4. Who wrote "The Sisters B-36"?

5. What was Vonnegut's granddaughter's name?

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