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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. What does the patent leather belt represent?
(a) Death.
(b) Life.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Betrayal.

2. How many birds does Schuman shoot in the park?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

3. When Oskar arrives in Luneburg, why is he sent to the hospital?
(a) Due to his growth.
(b) He is nauseous.
(c) He cannot walk.
(d) He has convulsions.

4. What is the good news Oskar receives at his birthday party?
(a) He will be released soon.
(b) The investigation of Sister Dorothea's death will be reopened.
(c) Maria agrees to marry him.
(d) He grandfather is found.

5. While in the boarding house, what does Oskar check daily?
(a) The lights.
(b) The news.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The nurse's door.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 31, who is killed during an air raid?

2. How old is Oskar at the beginning of Chapter 46?

3. What does Oskar steal from the nurse's room?

4. What does the nurse's patent leather belt remind him of?

5. What does Klepp use to cook?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of portraits does Oskar model for?

2. What are three main characteristics of Oskar's friend Klepp?

3. How does Oskar tell Klepp his life story?

4. What does the Rottweiler do for Oskar?

5. What is the attitude of Sister Dorothea when she first meets Oskar?

6. What happens on Oskar's date with Sister Gertrude?

7. How does Oskar envision the trial?

8. What does Guste insist happened to her husband?

9. What extreme measure does Oskar take in an attempt to win Maria's heart?

10. How does Oskar come to be the sole supporter of the family?

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