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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. Whose hand does Oskar squeeze on his way to the top of the Empire State Building in Alive and Alone?
(a) Grandma's.
(b) Thomas Schell, Sr.'s.
(c) A.R. Black's.
(d) Ruth Black's.

2. What noises do the students make at the end of Oskar's presentation in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) Boos.
(b) Fart sounds.
(c) Barfing noises.
(d) Coughs.

3. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, where does Thomas say he wants to live with Anna?
(a) On the French Riviera.
(b) On the blue Danube.
(c) In the Gobi Desert.
(d) In the Alps.

4. In his fourth message, what does Dad say the people in his tower are doing?
(a) They are going to the roof.
(b) They are jumping from the building.
(c) They are bashing out windows.
(d) They are holding each other.

5. How fast is the Sixth Borough drifting away from New York in the story?
(a) Half a mile a year.
(b) 1 foot a year.
(c) 1 millimeter a year.
(d) 1 meter a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What continent, according to Thomas Schell, Jr. is now the home of the Sixth Borough?

2. How does Abby Black know William Black?

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

4. Which of the Blacks that Oskar visited informed his mom of the search?

5. In his letter in A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem, what does Stephen Hawking admit wishing that he could be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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