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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What continent, according to Thomas Schell, Jr. is now the home of the Sixth Borough?
(a) Europe.
(b) Antarctica.
(c) Australia.
(d) South America.

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

3. How does Thomas Schell, Sr., describe his son's voice on the September 11th messages?
(a) Calm.
(b) Loving.
(c) Scared.
(d) Sad.

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

5. How many survivors, including Thomas, are recovered by soldiers after the bombing in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

6. In Why I'm Not Where Your Are, how does Thomas Schell get from the airport to Grandma's building?
(a) He takes a taxi.
(b) He takes a shuttle bus.
(c) He walks.
(d) He rents a car.

7. In The Sixth Borough, what had the engineers brought in to deal with the island previously worked on?
(a) Stonehenge.
(b) The Leaning Tower fo Pizza.
(c) The San Andreas Fault.
(d) The city of Atlantis.

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

9. Where is Thomas Schell as he writes in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Toronto.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Montevideo.
(d) Dresden.

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

11. What does Thomas say to Anna to try to comfort her about her father in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Her father is a silly fool.
(b) The war will be over soon.
(c) He wants to marry her.
(d) He will talk to her father.

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

13. In his letter in A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem, what does Stephen Hawking admit wishing that he could be?
(a) An athlete.
(b) An actor.
(c) A waiter.
(d) A poet.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does A.R. help in the search before giving up in Alive and Alone?

2. Why does A.R. Black have to speak to the woman at Agnes Black's building for Oskar?

3. 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?

4. How does Thomas react to Anna's new that she is pregnant in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. Why does Oskar agree to see Dr. Fein in Happiness, Happiness?

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