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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. Where does Billy time travel to while he is on the airplane?

2. Who guards Billy and Edgar Derby as they work in the slaughterhouse?

3. Who is Bertram Rumfoord?

4. How does Billy start telling people about Tralfamadore?

5. Whom else board the plane

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Montana Wildhack wear around her neck?

3. What is Billy Pilgrim wearing by the time he reaches Dresden?

4. What finally happened to Edgar Derby?

5. What is echolalia?

6. What story does Billy Pilgrim tell Montana when she begs him for one?

7. How did Tobruk's death change the procedure for recovering corpses?

8. Why is Dresden so dark at night?

9. What advice does Paul Lazzaro give to Billy Pilgrim?

10. Why does Billy become confused when the skiers arrive to rescue him after the plane crash?

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

Is Slaughterhouse-Five an historical fiction or a science fiction? Write an essay defining each genre and answering this question. Use examples from the text to support your opinion.

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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