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

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

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

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

5. What does Oskar suspect Feliz is lying about Agnes Black in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) She has no children.
(b) She did not know his father.
(c) They lived in the same building.
(d) She is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oskar agree to see Dr. Fein in Happiness, Happiness?

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

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

4. Why can Oskar not speak to A.R. Black at the beginning of A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem?

5. What label does Oskar apply to himself during The Sixth Borough?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. How does Thomas, Sr. discover he has a son in Why I'm Not where You Are?

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