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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only object Thomas retrieves in the rubble of Dresden?
(a) His rifle.
(b) His copy of Ovid's Metamorphosis.
(c) His favorit tie.
(d) His typewriter.

2. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what news can Thomas not bring himself to tell Grandma about her father?
(a) He left his wife to die in the flames.
(b) He commited suicide.
(c) He was collaborating with the Nazis.
(d) He was killed in the bombing.

3. Which famous person declines to look at a letter of recommendation in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) George Clooney.
(b) Kofi Annan.
(c) Stephen Hawking.
(d) Jane Goodall

4. What does Oskar think is "grody" about the story of The Sixth Borough?
(a) The idea of a dog farting.
(b) The idea of two boys kissing each other.
(c) The idea of a boy pulling off a girl's skirt.
(d) The idea of a person swimming in the Hudson.

5. What natural occurrence does Ruth Black talk about in Alive and Alone?
(a) Solar flares.
(b) Static storms.
(c) St. Elmo's Fire.
(d) Lunar eclipses.

6. What does the interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness call for at the end of his story?
(a) Foreign aid to his country.
(b) The rise of the revolutionary workers.
(c) The end of war.
(d) The prosecution of Harry Truman.

7. In Happiness, Happiness, what child actor does Jimmy make sexually explicit comments about?
(a) Jonathan Lipnicki.
(b) Dakota Fanning.
(c) Emma Watson.
(d) Haley Joel Osmond.

8. How long does A.R. help in the search before giving up in Alive and Alone?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 10 weeks.

9. Whose hand does Oskar squeeze on his way to the top of the Empire State Building in Alive and Alone?
(a) A.R. Black's.
(b) Thomas Schell, Sr.'s.
(c) Grandma's.
(d) Ruth Black's.

10. According to Grandma in Why I'm Not Where You Are, why did Thomas, Jr. take over the jewelry store?
(a) He wanted to be like his father.
(b) He had no other talents.
(c) He wanted to make money.
(d) He wanted to get into the diamond business.

11. What does Grandma refuse to share with Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Her anger.
(b) Oskar.
(c) Her money.
(d) Her body.

12. Why is Oskar nervous about meeting Ruth Black?
(a) She lives way out in Staten Island.
(b) She lives atop a skyscraper.
(c) He hasn't gone alone to an apartment in some time.
(d) He worries he does not look his best.

13. What label does Oskar apply to himself during The Sixth Borough?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Pacifist.
(c) Optimist.
(d) Manhattanite.

14. What is Thomas's response to Grandma's comment in Why I'm Not Where You Are that many babies will not be born because of 9/11?
(a) That is unfathomable.
(b) Many more will be born because of it.
(c) He cannot think about tragedy anymore.
(d) It is not so bad.

15. What is the only reason Grandma comes into Thomas's guest room the first two months that he is there?
(a) To make love.
(b) To yell at him.
(c) To clean.
(d) To collect rent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What noises do the students make at the end of Oskar's presentation in Happiness, Happiness?

2. On what floor of the Empire State Building did a plane crash in 1945?

3. How long does Thomas later learn the first bombing of Dresden lasted?

4. Which of the following questions is not one that Oskar asks himself as he imagines a 9/11 type scenario in Alive and Alone?

5. What does Oskar decide to do in the final moment of Alive and Alone?

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