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

2. Why is Oskar particularly compelled by the renter when they meet in Alive and Alone?
(a) He resembles his father.
(b) He is incredibly old.
(c) He gives Oskar five dollars.
(d) He speaks German.

3. Why does A.R. Black have to speak to the woman at Agnes Black's building for Oskar?
(a) She thinks A.R. is cute.
(b) She doesn't talk to children.
(c) She doen't want to bend down to listen.
(d) She speaks Spanish.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes difficult for childhood friends in The Sixth Borough?

2. In his fourth message, what does Dad say the people in his tower are doing?

3. What does the interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness call for at the end of his story?

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

5. What event does interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness describe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the living arrangement between Grandma and Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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

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

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