Slaughterhouse-Five
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Paul Lazzaro's only friend
Ronald Weary
"This ain't so bad."
Hobo
Broke Lazzaro's arm
Blue Fairy Godmother
Stole a teapot
Edgar Derby
Billy Pilgrim's daughter
Barbara
Cody, Wyoming
Wild Bob
Constantly eats candy bars
Valencia Merble
Science Fiction author who also manages the deliveries of the Ilium Gazette
Kilgore Trout
Alternate title for this novel
The Children's Crusade
Tralfamadore
Planet Billy Pilgrim visits
Three things Billy could not change
Past, present, and future
Billy Pilgrim;s profession
Optometrist
Earth is the only place where...
Free will exists
Billy's mate in the zoo
Montana Wildhack
City where Billy dies in 1976
Chicago
Barbershop quartet
The Febs
What does Vonnegut never include in his novel?
Villains
Would a Tralfamadorian cry at a funeral?
No
T or F: The English prisoners are aware that the candles and soap are made from human fat.
False
T or F: Billy is as happy in the Tralfamadorian zoo as he is on Earth.
True
T or F: Billy knows the exact time an day when he will die.
True
T or F: Slaughterhouse-Five was published during the Vietnam War.
True
T or F: Billy is not a time traveler.
True
What is the Tralfamadorian atmosphere made out of?
cyanide
T or F: Valencia's ring is from a dead person.
True
Who told Vonnegut to write an anti-glacier book?
Harrison Star
Where was Billy when Dresden was bombed?
Slaughterhouse-Five
What does Vonnegut do late at night after drinking?
Call up old friends
Vonnegut says everything is quiet after a war except....
For birds singing
Billy's position during WWII was
a chaplain's assistant
T or F: Billy was a part of Weary's Three Musketeers.
False
According to he Tralfamadorians, how does the universe end?
A Tralfamadorian test pilot blows it up
According to Trout, the original Gospels teach to kill someone only after you find out he is not....
well-connected
When did Billy say he was the happiest?
When he spent time with Montana
How is Billy compared to Jesus Christ?
Both have followers
What happened the night of Barbara's wedding?
Billy was captured by the Tralfamadorians
T or F: Tralfamadorians believe dead people are alive at other points in time
True
In Boston, Vonnegut read the Bible story of
Sodom and Gomorrah and the fate of Lot's wife
Tralfamadorians see...
4D
Who has a large sci-fi book collection?
Eliot Rosewater
What happened after the Battle of the Bulge?
Billy was taken prisoner by the Germans
What event in the war makes Billy cry?
The horses that pulled the green wagon
When does Vonnegut appear at the POW camp?
In the latrine
What events in the novel create the tone of black humor?
The hobo's death, Valencia's death, and the British prisoners
What does Billy see for the first time in Dresden?
Naked girls
Who wears a locket around his/her neck?
Montana Wildhack
What is inscribe in Montana's locket?
The Serenity Prayer
In 1976, Billy says China will drop a hydrogen bomb in what city?
Chicago
What does Billy ask when the Tralfamadorians are taking him to their planet?
"Why me?"
Throughout Slaughterhouse-Five, what does the barking dog symbolize?
Something bad is about to happen or doom.
What does blue and ivory represent?
death
What does black and orange represent?
prison
What is the climax of Slaughterhouse-Five?
The execution of Edgar Derby
When does Vonnegut include the saying "so it goes"?
After death
What does "so it goes" mean?
Death is the same for everyone and it is unpreventable
Who does Weary blame for his death?
Billy Pilgrim
How does Vonnegut feel about Dresden?
It was unnecessary
What does the Serenity Prayer suggest?
You can change or improve the world, but BIlly thinks this is impossible.
How is Slaughterhouse-Five an anti-novel?
It ends with nonsense
Why does Vonnegut end his novel with "Poo-tee-wee"?
There is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre.
Who does Vonnegut dedicate Slaugthterhouse-Five to?
Mary O'Hare and Gerhard Mueller
What year does Vonnegut visit Dresden?
1967
What do the Tralfamadorians resemble?
Toilet plungers
Where is Billy Pilgrim from?
Ilium, NY
Why do the Tralfamadorians compare Billy to a bug trapped in amber?
He has no control over his fate.
What does Billy use to help him sleep?
Magic fingers