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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 injury does Billy suffer from the airplane crash?

2. When does Billy believe that he will die?

3. In addition to being Rumfoord's fifth wife, Lily is also. . .

4. How does Billy help Edgar?

5. What do Billy, Werner, and Edgar find instead of a kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What finally happened to Edgar Derby?

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

3. Why were there so many girls at the slaughterhouse?

4. What does Montana Wildhack wear around her neck?

5. Why is Kilgore Trout shadowing Billy at the anniversary party?

6. What is remarkable about Billy while he sleeps in the back of the coffin-shaped wagon in Dresden?

7. How does Billy Pilgrim die?

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

9. What do the guards realize after they take the American prisoners back to the slaughterhouse?

10. What is echolalia?

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

Vonnegut makes frequent allusions to religious or biblical references in Slaughterhouse-Five. Write an essay that highlights his use of religious and spiritual concepts.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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