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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a famous landmark moved from the Sixth Borough to Manhattan?
(a) It is driven by a thousand pickup trucks.
(b) It is lifted by helicoptors.
(c) It is carried across the six Staten Island Ferries.
(d) It is dragged by large hooks.

2. How long does Thomas later learn the first bombing of Dresden lasted?
(a) One hour.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Less than half an hour.
(d) More than six hours.

3. How did Agnes Black Die on September 11, 2001?
(a) She was hit by debris.
(b) She was in one of the planes.
(c) She committed suicide.
(d) She worked in one of the towers.

4. What gift was Thomas given by Anna days before the bombings?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) A journal.
(d) A fedora.

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

6. What noises do the students make at the end of Oskar's presentation in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) Fart sounds.
(b) Barfing noises.
(c) Boos.
(d) Coughs.

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

8. Which of the following is a borough of New York that Oskar determines he has never visited at the beginning of The Sixth Borough?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Queens.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Brooklyn.

9. What event does interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness describe?
(a) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(b) The liberation of Dachau.
(c) The firebombing of Dresden.
(d) The execution of Mussolini.

10. Why does Oskar agree to see Dr. Fein in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) Grandma says she likes Dr. Fein.
(b) His mother begs him.
(c) He wants abreak from the quest.
(d) His allowance depends on it.

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

12. 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) He cannot think about tragedy anymore.
(b) Many more will be born because of it.
(c) It is not so bad.
(d) That is unfathomable.

13. What type of lock does the key go with?
(a) A large chest.
(b) A safety deposit box.
(c) An old automobile.
(d) A door.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How fast is the Sixth Borough drifting away from New York in the story?

2. What label does Oskar apply to himself during The Sixth Borough?

3. What becomes difficult for childhood friends in The Sixth Borough?

4. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what news can Thomas not bring himself to tell Grandma about her father?

5. In his fourth message, what does Dad say the people in his tower are doing?

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