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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was his father chosen to be at his hunting shack?

2. What did Trout blow up after the timequake's end?

3. Who would give Vonnegut all the best literary work's written?

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

5. What assassin does Vonnegut mention?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Vonnegut's step grandmother affect him and the other grandchildren?

2. What does Vonnegut think a future study should be?

3. What does Trout find after the timequake that he becomes destructive with?

4. Who does Vonnegut consider the best English author?

5. What do Vonnegut's parents' observations suggest?

6. What happens to traffic after the timequake ends?

7. Describe what swoopers and bashers are.

8. What does Trout admit his actions post timequake were?

9. Why is the hospital turned into a barracks?

10. Who inspires Vonnegut's love for books?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain how Vonnegut sees humans as ultimately self destructive.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and explain how humans begin to see evolution failing its inhabitants. What is observed in "Timequake" to bring about this idea?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and analyze Trout's eccentricities and how his weird and quirky thoughts and behaviors are reflective of Vonnegut's own repressed emotions.

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