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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. 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 was killed in the bombing.
(c) He commited suicide.
(d) He left his wife to die in the flames.

5. Why is Oskar particularly compelled by the renter when they meet in Alive and Alone?
(a) He is incredibly old.
(b) He gives Oskar five dollars.
(c) He resembles his father.
(d) He speaks German.

6. What does Oskar decide to do in the final moment of Alive and Alone?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Throw away the key.
(c) Live with Grandma and the renter.
(d) Dig up Dad's coffin.

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. What is Thomas Schell order to do at the zoo in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Kill carnivorous animal.
(b) Prepare fatted animals as food.
(c) Protect a school group.
(d) Burn official papers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is a famous landmark moved from the Sixth Borough to Manhattan?

2. How does Abby Black know William Black?

3. How long does Thomas later learn the first bombing of Dresden lasted?

4. Which direction direction does the long jumper run across Manhattan in preparation for his jump to the Sixth Borough?

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

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