Jailbird | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Prologue

1. Walter Starbuck is an ex-con, ex-capitalist, and ex-_________.

2. At the beginning of the prologue, "Kilgore Trout is ________."

3. What is significant about Trout's name?

4. Saying Trout is on the "outside" means what?

5. From whom does Vonnegut receive a letter?

6. In the letter Vonnegut receives, it reads: "_____ may fail."

7. In the letter Vonnegut receives, it reads: "_______ will prevail."

8. What does the letter Vonnegut receives summarize?

9. What would have happened if Vonnegut had received the letter a few years earlier?

10. Kenneth Whistler was a popular _________.

11. What was Vonnegut's relationship with Powers Hapgood?

12. Vonnegut describes Hapgood as a _______ figure.