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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. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?

2. What does Billy dream about in the hospital?

3. Where does Billy find himself the morning after he becomes drunk at the party?

4. What are the Tralfamadorans?

5. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where were the American prisoners of war kept as they were captured?

2. How do the Tralfamadorans answer Billy's question about being kidnapped?

3. Why were Roland Weary's feet so bloody?

4. Why does Vonnegut say this book will be "jumbled and jangled?"

5. Why were the British officers in this particular camp?

6. Describe the structure of a Tralfamadoran novel.

7. What parts of Ilium remind Billy of the ruined towns in World War II?

8. Name some of the places in time that Billy travels to in this chapter.

9. According to the aliens in Kilgore Trout's book, what is the flaw in the story of Christ?

10. Why do the Germans need to record the names of the prisoners?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research and write a paper describing the bombing of Dresden in 1944.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay addressing the use of humor in Slaughterhouse-Five. How does the author use humor in the book? Use examples from the text to illustrate your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Write an analysis of one of the major characters in Slaughterhouse-Five. Track their actions through the book and comment on their purpose in furthering the plot or theme of the book.

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