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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. Why does Mary O'Hare get angry at Kurt Vonnegut?

2. What are the Tralfamadorans?

3. What play do the English prisoners put on to welcome the Americans?

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

5. What did Vonnegut study in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Roland Weary start to beat and kick Billy?

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

3. Where does Billy wake up after falling asleep with the other prisoners in the stone cottage?

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

5. What was the Children's Crusade?

6. Why is it unusual for Kurt Vonnegut to appear in this book as a character?

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

8. Why is Billy afraid to drop down from the railroad car?

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

10. Describe the structure of a Tralfamadoran novel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Tralfamadoran views of life and death with different religious philosophies.

Essay Topic 2

The Tralfamadorans have a very different view of time than we do. Write an essay that speculates on how humans will view time in 500 years. Will we still look at it the same way?

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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