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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 happens while Billy is still unconscious in the hospital?

2. Which of these was not the subject of a book by Kilgore Trout?

3. What does the author call the places where bodies were found in Dresden?

4. What do they find in the ruins of a building?

5. Who catches Billy at his crime?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Billy become confused when the skiers arrive to rescue him after the plane crash?

2. How does he explain the symbolism of his armband?

3. Why does Billy travel to New York?

4. How did the English prisoners of war view the Americans?

5. What is the meaning of the last line of the novel?

6. What is echolalia?

7. What does Bernard's article about human population reveal about life?

8. What did Billy Pilgrim ultimately learn from the Tralfamadorans?

9. What does Howard J. Campbell wear?

10. Why is Dresden so dark at night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does luck figure into Billy's Pilgrim's life? Is he a lucky person or an unlucky person? Use examples from the novel to argue your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Vonnegut's story structure with conventional novels. How does his free associative writing affect the story that he is telling?

Essay Topic 3

Write a personal essay, explaining your view of death and/or the afterlife. Describe the basis of your views. Did they come from your family, your religion, popular culture, or from a specific source?

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