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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 long does A.R. help in the search before giving up in Alive and Alone?
(a) 10 weeks.
(b) 15 days.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 months.

2. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, Thomas admits to Grandma that during their absence he had sex with whom?
(a) No one.
(b) Married women.
(c) Men.
(d) Prostitutes.

3. Why does Oskar want to know how his father died?
(a) So he will know what to tell people.
(b) So he can stop having nightmares.
(c) So that they can put it on the death certificate.
(d) So he can stop inventing ways.

4. How does Oskar respond to A.R. Black's announcement that he is quitting the search?
(a) He shakes his hand.
(b) He cries.
(c) He hugs him.
(d) He shouts a curse word at him.

5. Why does Oskar agree to see Dr. Fein in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) He wants abreak from the quest.
(b) His mother begs him.
(c) His allowance depends on it.
(d) Grandma says she likes Dr. Fein.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Grandma in Why I'm Not Where You Are, why did Thomas, Jr. take over the jewelry store?

2. What is Thomas Schell order to do at the zoo in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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

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

5. Why is Oskar particularly compelled by the renter when they meet in Alive and Alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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