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Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
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Summary
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What Does the Ending Mean?
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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Billy Pilgrim
Roland Weary
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1
of 5
On the night before his daughter's wedding, Billy cannot sleep. What does he know will happen the next day?
He will die
His plane will crash
He will be abducted
He will time-shift
2
of 5
What can Billy almost smell on the breath of the drunk who dialled the wrong number?
Mustard gas and roses
Mustard gas and mud
Sulphur and roses
Sulphur and mud
3
of 5
The arrival of the alien spacecraft sounds like ___.
A nightingale
A fox
A child's cry
An owl
4
of 5
What does Billy ask his alien captors?
"What now?"
"Why me?"
"Who are you?"
"Where am I?"
5
of 5
By the ninth day of the boxcar journey, what is happening?
They are nearing Switzerland
The Dresden firebombing
People are escaping
People are dying
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