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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Oskar particularly compelled by the renter when they meet in Alive and Alone?
(a) He speaks German.
(b) He gives Oskar five dollars.
(c) He is incredibly old.
(d) He resembles his father.

2. How does Oskar respond to A.R. Black's announcement that he is quitting the search?
(a) He shakes his hand.
(b) He hugs him.
(c) He shouts a curse word at him.
(d) He cries.

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

4. Which of the Blacks that Oskar visited informed his mom of the search?
(a) Abe.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Abby.
(d) A.R.

5. What does Oskar decide to do in the final moment of Alive and Alone?
(a) Live with Grandma and the renter.
(b) Dig up Dad's coffin.
(c) Leave the country.
(d) Throw away the key.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Thomas Schell as he writes in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

2. According to Grandma in Why I'm Not Where You Are, why did Thomas, Jr. take over the jewelry store?

3. What does Oskar think is "grody" about the story of The Sixth Borough?

4. In Happiness, Happiness, what child actor does Jimmy make sexually explicit comments about?

5. How does Thomas Schell, Sr., describe his son's voice on the September 11th messages?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Oskar's attitude toward Dr. Fein?

2. Describe Thomas's experience during the bombing of Dresden.

3. What can Thomas not bring himself to tell Grandma at the end of Why I'm Not Where You Are?

4. How does Oskar's presentation go at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness?

5. How does Oskar overcome a phobia in Alive and Alone?

6. What does Thomas learn immediately before the bombing of Dresden begins?

7. How does the sixth borough's drift affect a boy and girl in the story?

8. Why does the trip to Agnes Black's apartment stir Oskar's curiosity in Happiness, Happiness?

9. What does Oskar tell Thomas, Sr. over the course of Alive and Alone?

10. What does does Thomas tell his son about his and and his former wife's location at the beginning Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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