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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. How do the Tralfamadorans make Billy climb the ladder?

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

3. What is unusual about the war movie Billy watches?

4. Kurt Vonnegut tells Mary O'Hare that he is going to call his book:

5. How many days does Billy travel in the railroad cars before arriving at the camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Billy finally get some sleep?

2. How does Billy describe the Tralfamadorans?

3. Why do the Tralfamadorans not believe in free will?

4. Why does Kurt Vonnegut use real information from his life in this book?

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

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

7. What does the story of Sodom and Gomorrah have to do with Vonnegut's book about Dresden?

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

9. Where does Billy time travel to when the spaceship hits a time warp?

10. What was the Children's Crusade?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing the treatment of the prisoners of war by the Germans to the way prisoners of war are treated today. Use one of the following questions (or your own ideas) to form your thesis:

1) Are prisoners of war treated better or worse now than during World War II?

2) Are the Geneva Conventions still relevant?

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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