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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does A.R. help in the search before giving up in Alive and Alone?
(a) 10 weeks.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 6 months.

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

4. What famous Manhattan landmark used to be in the Sixth Borough?
(a) The Empire State Building.
(b) Central Park.
(c) Washington Square.
(d) Carnegie Hall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thomas burn the skin off his hands in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

2. How does Abby Black know William Black?

3. Which of the following questions is not one that Oskar asks himself as he imagines a 9/11 type scenario in Alive and Alone?

4. How does Thomas Schell, Sr., describe his son's voice on the September 11th messages?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oskar Schell meet Thomas, Sr. at the beginning of Alive and Alone?

2. In A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem, what does William Black reveal is the purpose of the key?

3. What does Dad relate about optimism to Oskar in the The Sixth Borough?

4. What can Thomas not bring himself to tell Grandma at the end of Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. What is revealed by the long jump at the beginning of The Sixth Borough?

6. Describe Thomas's experience during the bombing of Dresden.

7. What is Oskar's attitude toward Dr. Fein?

8. What decision does Oskar make at the end of Alive and Alone?

9. How does Oskar overcome a phobia in Alive and Alone?

10. What does Oskar tell Thomas, Sr. over the course of Alive and Alone?

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