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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the characters call Victor "poor Victor" after the war?
(a) He loses his home.
(b) He loses a leg.
(c) He dies.
(d) He loses his eyeglasses.

2. Who does Matzerath hire to help in the store?
(a) Maria.
(b) Victor.
(c) Klepp.
(d) Bronski.

3. What does Oskar say was wrong with the wooden bench at the church?
(a) Too smooth.
(b) Too hard.
(c) It is warped.
(d) Too high.

4. How does the gang redecorate their clubhouse?
(a) With anti-war signs.
(b) With pictures of girls.
(c) With religious artifacts.
(d) With weapons.

5. What does Oskar insist the gang do with their weapons?
(a) Keep them in the open.
(b) Use then to take over the city.
(c) Sell them.
(d) Bury them in the garden.

6. Why does Oskar think his mother becomes more religious?
(a) Her association with Jan Bronski.
(b) She has feelings of guilt.
(c) She had always enjoyed the church.
(d) A near death experience.

7. When Matzerath leaves the cellar door open and Oskar finds it, what does Oskar feel the cellar is demanding of him?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Exploration.
(c) A ear-piercing scream.
(d) A sacrifice.

8. When does Kobyella, the janitor, die?
(a) Many years after the war.
(b) During a skat game.
(c) During the gun fight.
(d) Immediately after the war.

9. After another meeting with Bebra, what does Oskar agree to do?
(a) Drum for Bebara.
(b) Give him free food.
(c) Join the troupe.
(d) Teach him to drum.

10. Who does the seven of spades represent?
(a) Matzerath.
(b) Anna.
(c) Bronski.
(d) Oskar.

11. Oskar spends much of his time alone, drumming up and down the steps of his apartment building. How many steps does Oskar's building have?
(a) Too many to count.
(b) About 35 steps.
(c) Only 5 steps.
(d) Over 100 steps.

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

13. What does Oskar tell the gang his name is?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Matzerath.
(c) Bronski.
(d) Oskar.

14. What is the result of Meyn's actions on the night of the funeral?
(a) He is jailed.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He is ordered to community service.
(d) He is tried in court and fined.

15. What does Oskar associate his guilt with?
(a) His betrayal.
(b) His lifetime of isolation.
(c) His childhood.
(d) The drum from the Post Office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the solider seal in the walls of each pillbox building they build?

2. What happens after Joseph Koljaiczak hides under Anna Bronksi's skirts?

3. When is Oskar's mother born?

4. Who at the Polish post office is able to repair Oskar's drum?

5. One day Oskar is drumming down the street. Who follows him in parade-like form down the street?

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