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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Vonnegut take with Trout in Chapter 63?
(a) A shot of whiskey.
(b) A shot of vodka.
(c) Money from the bank.
(d) The stage.

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

5. What do Trout and his companion tell the homeless men?
(a) The Trout Creed.
(b) The Ode to Prosperity.
(c) The Kilgore's Creed.
(d) The Ode to Homeless men.

6. Who runs into the Academy informing everyone free will has returned?
(a) Allie.
(b) Vonnegut.
(c) Monica.
(d) Trout.

7. Who was ringing the doorbell when the alarm was going off?
(a) Monica.
(b) Prince.
(c) Zoltan.
(d) Trout.

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

9. What did Trout blow up after the timequake's end?
(a) Buses.
(b) Unoccupied cars.
(c) Trains.
(d) Occupied cars.

10. What does the author promote in an abstract way?
(a) Habitual necessities.
(b) Friendly habits.
(c) Family lifestyles.
(d) Family values.

11. What assassin does Vonnegut mention?
(a) He never mentions an assassin.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) Hitler and the Nazi's.
(d) Lee Harvey Ozwald.

12. What was the homeless shelter converted into?
(a) A barracks.
(b) A hospital.
(c) Offices.
(d) A war zone.

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

14. What did Vonnegut argue women tended to be?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Bashers.
(c) Swoopers.
(d) Delicate.

15. What is later recited in schools after the Pledge of Allegiance?
(a) The Lord's prayer.
(b) The Trout's Creed.
(c) The Kilgore's Creed.
(d) The Holy prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did his grandfather marry?

2. What does Trout see smoldering after the timequake ends?

3. What stops on its own accord?

4. Who translated the King James Bible into English?

5. What did Vonnegut want to work for before he went to college?

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