Slaughterhouse-Five | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. One of Kurt Vonnegut's war buddies was killed for. . .

taking a teapot.

2. This took place in:

Dresden

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

In a slaughterhouse

4. What type of book does Vonnegut tell his friend he is writing?

An anti-war book

5. How did Vonnegut once write an outline for a book?

On a roll of wallpaper with a crayon

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

None of them have villains.

7. Which college did Vonnegut attend?

The University of Chicago

8. What job did Vonnegut have when he was in college?

He worked as a police reporter.

9. What did Vonnegut study in college?

Anthropology

10. Vonnegut notes that more people were killed in Dresden than. . .

during the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.

11. Why does Vonnegut stop...
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