Slaughter-House Five - Part I

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What did Harrison Starr, the movie maker, say when the narrator said he was writing an anti-war book? He made no comment. "Have you nothing better to do with your time?" "Why don't you write an anti-glacier book instead?" "Let me know when you're done. Perhaps we can make a movie of it."

2. What is the subtitle of "Slaughterhouse-five"? We Were Just Kids The Fire-Bombing of Dresden The Children's Crusade Billy Pilgrim's Adventure Through Time

3. Where was Billy Pilgrim born? Lake Wood, ME Philadelphia, PA Illium, NY Boston, MA

4. What was Billy Pilgrim during World War II? A Major A Chaplain's Assistant An Anti-Tank Gunner A civilian

5. What made a "ripping sound like the opening of the zipper on the fly of God Almighty"? A Panzer Tank A V2 Rocket Becoming Unstuck in Time A 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun

6. At a New Year's Eve party in 1958, why couldn't a drunken Billy find the steering wheel of his car? He was sitting in the back seat He wasn't actually in the car Someone had stolen it to prevent him driving in his condition He had passed out and was dreaming

7. What was not a bumper sticker on Billy's Cadillac El Dorado Coupe de Ville when he visited 1967? Support Your Police Department Visit Ausable Chasm Impeach Earl Warren Peace Now

8. What was the fate of the two scouts who abandoned Billy and Roland Weary in the creek bed? They reach safety in France We are not told They are shot in a German ambush They are captured and reunited with Billy and Weary

9. What did the dying colonel on the German side of the Luxemburg border want to be called by his men? Wild Bob Killer Red Ace

10. When Billy visited 1965, he was at his mother's side. What did she whisper tearfully to him? "Why are you here?" "How did I get so old?" "Who are you?" "I thought you were dead."

11. The narrator tells us "It was all they had, and they'd wrecked it". What was he referring to? German youth forced to fight near the end of the war A black ghetto in upstate New York A Jewish temple in Dresden The American fifth division

12. According to the narrator, what is a lovely thing for a woman to be? A teacher Rebellious A housewife A nurse

13. What refrain does Vonnegut use repeatedly after mentioning death? So it goes Rest in peace Amen Requiescat in pace

14. Provide the missing word: "Billy is __________ in time, has no control over where he is going next, and the trips aren't necessarily fun." moving traveling stuck spastic

15. What color light did Billy sense when visiting his own death in the future? Violet White Red Only darkness