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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose idea is it to commit Oskar to the asylum?
(a) Matzerath.
(b) The Board of Health.
(c) Maria.
(d) Berbra.

2. What type of children does Oskar say are "destructive out of mischief"?
(a) Those in school.
(b) Those who are bored.
(c) Those with no discipline.
(d) Those who play.

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

4. What do Oskar and Herbert Truczinski do while Herbert is unemployed?
(a) Herbert taught Oskar to read.
(b) Explored the city.
(c) Committed two robberies.
(d) Played instruments.

5. What do the solider seal in the walls of each pillbox building they build?
(a) A human.
(b) A stack of money.
(c) A gun.
(d) A live puppy.

6. Lobasck, the director of training, has what distinguishing characteristic?
(a) A birth mark on this face.
(b) A tattoo on his arm.
(c) Hump on his back.
(d) Only one eye.

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

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

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

10. Why does Matzerath think Oskar's mother eats only fish?
(a) There is nothing else to eat.
(b) It is inexpensive.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She is pregnant.

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

12. How does Oskar feel about the church?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Fascinated.
(d) Hateful.

13. What happens after Joseph Koljaiczak hides under Anna Bronksi's skirts?
(a) He catches a disease.
(b) The police catch him.
(c) Anna becomes pregnant with Oskar's mother.
(d) Anna slaps him.

14. How does Oskar try to force a miscarriage of Maria's pregnancy?
(a) Poisons her.
(b) Drops a bag of potatoes on her stomach.
(c) Kicks her off a ladder.
(d) Punches her.

15. How does Oskar say he dealt with not being about to find him?
(a) By drumming.
(b) He just continued searching.
(c) He talked to his mama.
(d) He Cried.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oskar think his mother becomes more religious?

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

3. What do the German soldiers accuse Bronski of?

4. In Chapter 17, who does Oskar find to assist with the search of his mother?

5. What is Oskar's mother possessed with?

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