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

2. How is a famous landmark moved from the Sixth Borough to Manhattan?
(a) It is driven by a thousand pickup trucks.
(b) It is lifted by helicoptors.
(c) It is carried across the six Staten Island Ferries.
(d) It is dragged by large hooks.

3. What famous Manhattan landmark used to be in the Sixth Borough?
(a) Washington Square.
(b) Central Park.
(c) Carnegie Hall.
(d) The Empire State Building.

4. Which best describes the location of the Sixth Borough?
(a) It is a penninsula jutting off of Brooklyn.
(b) It sits adjacent to the Bronx.
(c) It is an island very close to Manhattan.
(d) It is a strip of land between Brooklyn and Queens.

5. In Happiness, Happiness, what child actor does Jimmy make sexually explicit comments about?
(a) Dakota Fanning.
(b) Haley Joel Osmond.
(c) Emma Watson.
(d) Jonathan Lipnicki.

Short Answer Questions

1. How fast is the Sixth Borough drifting away from New York in the story?

2. In The Sixth Borough, what had the engineers brought in to deal with the island previously worked on?

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

4. How does Thomas Schell, Sr., describe his son's voice on the September 11th messages?

5. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what news can Thomas not bring himself to tell Grandma about her father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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