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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Thomas react to Anna's new that she is pregnant in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He proposes to her.
(b) He refuses to believe her.
(c) He kisses her stomach.
(d) He leaves the room.

3. 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 Gobi Desert.
(c) In the Alps.
(d) On the blue Danube.

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

5. 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 refuses to talk to Oskar.
(d) He has taken of his hearing aids permanently.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

13. What does Grandma refuse to share with Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Oskar.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her body.
(d) Her anger.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Oskar discover when he enters Grandma's apartment in Alive and Alone?

2. What does Oskar decide to do in the final moment of Alive and Alone?

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

4. 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?

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

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