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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why can Oskar not speak to A.R. Black at the beginning of A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem?
(a) He has moved out.
(b) He has died.
(c) He has taken of his hearing aids permanently.
(d) He refuses to talk to Oskar.

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

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

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

6. Which best describes the location of the Sixth Borough?
(a) It is an island very close to Manhattan.
(b) It sits adjacent to the Bronx.
(c) It is a strip of land between Brooklyn and Queens.
(d) It is a penninsula jutting off of Brooklyn.

7. What stylistically is noticeable about this chapter, Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) It is written phoenetically.
(b) Spelling and grammar errors are cirled in red.
(c) The pages are printed upside down.
(d) The font changes to Courier New.

8. How fast is the Sixth Borough drifting away from New York in the story?
(a) 1 meter a year.
(b) Half a mile a year.
(c) 1 foot a year.
(d) 1 millimeter a year.

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

10. In A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem, what does Oskar recall doing when dad calls on September 11, 2001?
(a) Leaving the room.
(b) Picking up the receiver and hanging back up.
(c) Listening to the answering machine pick up.
(d) Answering the phone and crying.

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

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

13. What does Albert Black do for a living?
(a) Events planner.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Actor.
(d) Doctor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In his letter in A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem, what does Stephen Hawking admit wishing that he could be?

3. Why is Oskar nervous about meeting Ruth Black?

4. What does the interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness call for at the end of his story?

5. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, where does Thomas say he wants to live with Anna?

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