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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Tapered at the Foot | Chapter 14, Herbert Truczinski's Back.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Mr. Meyn play?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Piano.
(d) Drums.

2. What type of existence does Oskar live after his mother's death?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Dismal.
(c) Unfulfilling.
(d) Boring.

3. Whose companionship does Oskar seek after his mother's death?
(a) Roswitha
(b) Matzerath.
(c) Mother Truczinski.
(d) Bebra.

4. What is Oskar's mother possessed with?
(a) Working.
(b) An undefined demon.
(c) Shopping.
(d) Dancing.

5. When does Oskar lose his ability to shatter glass with his voice?
(a) The year before entering the mental hospital.
(b) When he is 10 years old.
(c) He never loses this ability.
(d) After a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oskar describes his room in the mental hospital. How does he describe his bed?

2. When Matzerath leaves the cellar door open and Oskar finds it, what does Oskar feel the cellar is demanding of him?

3. Why does Oskar say his uncle Gregor drank?

4. Oskar describes his tin drum as the kind that is bought in what type of store?

5. What is the name of the beach Oskar, his mother, Jan Bronski, and Matzerath go to on Sundays?

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