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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. Which of the following is not evidence cited by Thomas Schell, Jr. of these existence of the Sixth Borough?
(a) A placard found on the bottom of the Hudson.
(b) The pH levels of the reservoir,
(c) Holes in the Central Park Zoo.
(d) Two names carved on a tree.

2. What is the only reason Grandma comes into Thomas's guest room the first two months that he is there?
(a) To collect rent.
(b) To make love.
(c) To clean.
(d) To yell at him.

3. 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) Stonehenge.
(d) The city of Atlantis.

4. What does Thomas say to Anna to try to comfort her about her father in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He will talk to her father.
(b) Her father is a silly fool.
(c) The war will be over soon.
(d) He wants to marry her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Abby Black know William Black?

2. What does Oskar think is "grody" about the story of The Sixth Borough?

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

4. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what news can Thomas not bring himself to tell Grandma about her father?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does does Thomas tell his son about his and and his former wife's location at the beginning Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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

9. What does Stephen Hawking say to Oskar in A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem?

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

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