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

2. What natural occurrence does Ruth Black talk about in Alive and Alone?
(a) Lunar eclipses.
(b) Solar flares.
(c) St. Elmo's Fire.
(d) Static storms.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not evidence cited by Thomas Schell, Jr. of these existence of the Sixth Borough?

2. On what floor of the Empire State Building did a plane crash in 1945?

3. What event does interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness describe?

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. Which of the following is a borough of New York that Oskar determines he has never visited at the beginning of The Sixth Borough?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the trip to Agnes Black's apartment stir Oskar's curiosity in Happiness, Happiness?

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

3. What is happening in Dad's fourth message?

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

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

6. How does the sixth borough's drift affect a boy and girl in the story?

7. What is the living arrangement between Grandma and Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

8. What major item movement happens between the sixth borough and and Manhattan as it drifts off?

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

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

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