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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, where does Thomas say he wants to live with Anna?
(a) On the French Riviera.
(b) In the Alps.
(c) On the blue Danube.
(d) In the Gobi Desert.

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

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

5. Which direction direction does the long jumper run across Manhattan in preparation for his jump to the Sixth Borough?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) North.

6. What becomes difficult for childhood friends in The Sixth Borough?
(a) Talking on a tin-can phone.
(b) Singing in harmony.
(c) Tossing a paper airplane back and forth.
(d) Playing catch between the boroughs.

7. What does Oskar suspect Feliz is lying about Agnes Black in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) She has no children.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She did not know his father.
(d) They lived in the same building.

8. 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.

9. Which of the following questions is not one that Oskar asks himself as he imagines a 9/11 type scenario in Alive and Alone?
(a) What would he say to the last person he called?
(b) Who would he call?
(c) Will he see it coming?
(d) Would he jump or burn to death?

10. How does Abby Black know William Black?
(a) He is her brother.
(b) He is her grandfather.
(c) He is her ex-husband.
(d) He is her nephew.

11. What does the interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness call for at the end of his story?
(a) The end of war.
(b) Foreign aid to his country.
(c) The prosecution of Harry Truman.
(d) The rise of the revolutionary workers.

12. 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 city of Atlantis.
(d) The San Andreas Fault.

13. Which two career paths does Allen Black imagine for his son in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) Brain surgeon or lawyer.
(b) Architect or stock trader.
(c) Basketball star or senator.
(d) Famous actor or restauranteur.

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

15. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, Thomas admits to Grandma that during their absence he had sex with whom?
(a) Married women.
(b) No one.
(c) Men.
(d) Prostitutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oskar want to know how his father died?

2. Why can Oskar not speak to A.R. Black at the beginning of A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem?

3. Which best describes the location of the Sixth Borough?

4. What does Thomas say to Anna to try to comfort her about her father in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. How many survivors, including Thomas, are recovered by soldiers after the bombing in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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