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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. Who does Vonnegut write to during his restlessness about his writing?
(a) His mom.
(b) A poet friend.
(c) Another writer.
(d) His dad.

2. What was Vonnegut's granddaughter's name?
(a) Millie.
(b) Lily.
(c) Lilac.
(d) Lillie.

3. Where does Fleon acquire the brains he examines?
(a) He steals them.
(b) He buys them.
(c) He borrows them.
(d) He rents them.

4. Where does Monica Pepper work?
(a) At a drive in.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(d) At a theatre.

5. What does Vonnegut reflect on that impressed him during his life?
(a) Theatrical plays.
(b) Movies.
(c) Song and dance.
(d) Ballet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut compare his action of stripping out the bad pieces to?

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

3. What year in high school was Zolant when he stole another student's work?

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

5. What does PTA stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a timequake?

2. Who is Lily?

3. Describe what the Museum of the American Indian is turned into.

4. Who is Kilgore Trout?

5. What happens to Fleon Sunoco?

6. Who is Dudley Prince?

7. What is the implication about free will during the timequake?

8. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

9. What ideas are the author's expressions a major reflection of?

10. How does Vonnegut feel about the atomic bomb?

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