WorksheetsSlaughterhouse-Five Ch. 1-2
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the subtitle of the book?
a)
The Bombing of Dresden
b)
The Children's Crusade
c)
So it Goes!
d)
Rain of Death
2.
What did Harrison Starr say he should write about, rather than write an anti-war book?
a)
glaciers
b)
unicorns
c)
aliens
d)
his family
3.
According to chapter 1, how does the novel end?
a)
So it goes.
b)
Poo-tee-weet
c)
Billy Pilgrim was finally home.
d)
My name is Yon Yonson.
4.
Slaughterhouse-Five focuses on the bombing of which city?
a)
Dresden
b)
Hiroshima
c)
Berlin
d)
London
5.
In Chapter 1, Vonnegut goes to see his old war buddy, _____.
a)
Bernard O'Hare
b)
Roland Weary
c)
Billy Pilgrim
d)
Wild Bob
6.
Why was Mary O'Hare angry with Kurt Vonnegut?
a)
She thought he would glorify war.
b)
He is making her husband remember the war.
c)
He smokes and drinks.
d)
All of these.
7.
As a reporter, Vonnegut covered the story of a war veteran's death, when the man was squashed by
a)
a locomotive.
b)
an elevator.
c)
a car.
d)
a trolley.
8.
Which of the following phrases is repeated throughout the novel?
a)
"So it goes."
b)
"So what?"
c)
"So it went."
d)
"So there."
9.
At the end of the chapter, what Biblical story does KV reference?
a)
The temptation of Eve
b)
Exodus
c)
Lazarus raised from the dead
d)
Sodom and Gomorrah
10.
What is Edgar Derby tried and executed for stealing?
a)
A teapot
b)
A diamond
c)
A clock
d)
A denture
11.
Who is being described? "The third bullet was for the filthy flamingo, who stopped dead center in the road when the lethal bee buzzed his ear. Stood there politely, giving the marksman another chance."
a)
Roland Weary
b)
Hobo
c)
Billy Pilgrim
d)
Wild Bob
12.
Who is being described? "He had been unpopular in Pittsburgh. He had been unpopular because he was stupid and fat and mean, and smelled like bacon no matter how much he washed."
a)
Roland Weary
b)
Hobo
c)
Billy Pilgrim
d)
Wild Bob
13.
Who has become unstuck in time?
a)
Bernard
b)
Billy
c)
Wild Bob
d)
Weary
14.
What is Billy Pilgrim's profession?
a)
law
b)
optometry
c)
real estate
d)
medicine
15.
Who kept bobbing up and down because of a lost heel?
a)
Valencia
b)
Mary
c)
Weary
d)
Billy
16.
Whose father owned instruments of torture?
a)
Bernard
b)
Billy
c)
Wild Bob
d)
Weary
17.
What is Billy Pilgrim's military role?
a)
enlisted solidier
b)
infantry man
c)
scout
d)
chaplain's assistant
18.
In Chapter one we see a woman eating a 3 Musketeers while talking to Vonnegut as a journalist. Where do we see "3 Musketeers" again in Chapter two?
a)
Barbara eating one while checking on her father
b)
Roland Weary has one is his pocket
c)
Weary's idealized story of teamwork with the scouts
d)
It's Billy Pilgrim's favorite story of heroism
19.
According to Vonnegut, what technique does Billy's father use to teach him to swim?
a)
sink or swim technique
b)
dog paddle technique
c)
freestyle technique
d)
technique taught by officers in the navy
20.
What do these beings influence?
a)
Billy's perception of fate
b)
Billy's perception of time
c)
Billy's humanist characteristics
d)
Billy's perception of war and hostility
21.
How does Billy constantly react to being forced to go on behind enemy lines in Germany?
a)
he asks for help
b)
he complains about his sore feet
c)
he tells the others to go on without him
d)
he constantly repeats that he needs to rest
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