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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What remains calm during the return of free will?
(a) The skies.
(b) The street Prince is on.
(c) The street Trout is on.
(d) Nothing.

2. What new study does Vonnegut desire humans to invest their time in?
(a) Human purposes.
(b) Human awareness.
(c) Human desire.
(d) Human compassion.

3. What type of alarm goes off after the timequake ends?
(a) A smoke alarm.
(b) A fire alarm.
(c) A tornado alarm.
(d) A protective alarm.

4. Who does Vonnegut confess his deep love to?
(a) A random person at a restaturant.
(b) His new girlfriend.
(c) No one.
(d) The stationary store clerk.

5. What nearly crushes Prince after the timequake ends?
(a) A tree.
(b) A door.
(c) A truck.
(d) A falling chandelier.

6. What does Vonnegut buy at the stationary store?
(a) Some paper.
(b) A card.
(c) A stamp.
(d) An envelope.

7. What family member does the author discuss in Chapter 43 after he talks about his grandfather's second wife?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His dad.

8. What does Vonnegut think is worth pursuing?
(a) A socialist society.
(b) A beureaucratic sociey.
(c) An economically just society.
(d) A religious society.

9. What does Trout see smoldering after the timequake ends?
(a) His house.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Some leaves.
(d) Some brush.

10. Who does Vonnegut give credit to being the best English writer?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Andrewes.
(c) Dickinson.
(d) Malory.

11. How did Vonnegut's grandfather's second wife treat his children?
(a) She nurtured them.
(b) She was nice, but distant.
(c) She was close to them.
(d) She tortured them.

12. What river does one fire truck roll into backwards?
(a) The Husdon River.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) The Potomic River.
(d) The Tallahatchee River.

13. Who becomes involved helping those suffering from the timequake's end?
(a) The firemen.
(b) Children and women.
(c) Women.
(d) The homeless men.

14. What did Trout's parents observe the animals do in their observations?
(a) They ate their young.
(b) They kicked their eggs off a high rock.
(c) They starved their young.
(d) They showed their young how to fly.

15. Where did Trout's parents observe their animals?
(a) Near Bermuda and Nova Scotia.
(b) Near South Africa.
(c) Near Florida.
(d) Near Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Vonnegut and Trout go after the play?

2. What assassin does Vonnegut mention?

3. What was Vonnegut's first wife's name?

4. What does the author promote in an abstract way?

5. What is later recited in schools after the Pledge of Allegiance?

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