View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which direction direction does the long jumper run across Manhattan in preparation for his jump to the Sixth Borough?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

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. Which of the following is a borough of New York that Oskar determines he has never visited at the beginning of The Sixth Borough?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Queens.
(d) The Bronx.

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

5. According to Grandma in Why I'm Not Where You Are, why did Thomas, Jr. take over the jewelry store?
(a) He had no other talents.
(b) He wanted to make money.
(c) He wanted to be like his father.
(d) He wanted to get into the diamond business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oskar suspect Feliz is lying about Agnes Black in Happiness, Happiness?

2. Why is Oskar nervous about meeting Ruth Black?

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

4. What type of lock does the key go with?

5. How did Agnes Black Die on September 11, 2001?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thomas learn immediately before the bombing of Dresden begins?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. How does Oskar's presentation go at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 991 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample