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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Oskar's first drum breaks and his parents think he might be cut by it, what do his parents use to try to bribe him into giving up his drum?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) A new drum.
(c) A visit to the zoo.
(d) Chocolate.

4. What type of people does Greff prefer?
(a) Young girls.
(b) Outgoing people.
(c) Young boys.
(d) Timid people.

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

6. What is the name of the beach Oskar, his mother, Jan Bronski, and Matzerath go to on Sundays?
(a) Castle Park
(b) Zoppot.
(c) South Beach.
(d) North Beach.

7. When Osker is traveling with the midget troupe, what makes him homesick?
(a) The pyramids.
(b) The Nile.
(c) The expensive glassware of Louis XVI.
(d) The Eiffel tower.

8. A man at the circus tells Oskar he stopped growing at what age?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 21 years.

9. What wakes Oskar up after he falls asleep in the mail room of the post office?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Machine gun fire.
(c) The mail carriers.
(d) Bronski.

10. What does Matzerath force Oskar's mother to eat?
(a) Seafood.
(b) Meat.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Fruit.

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

12. Why does Oskar think Victor will denounce him?
(a) He is paranoid.
(b) He betrayed his father.
(c) He was not sent to jail.
(d) He killed his father.

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

14. Why does Oskar's mother refuse to go in a certain room of the house?
(a) The room has too many spiders.
(b) The room is used for storage.
(c) She is afraid of ghosts.
(d) There is no heat in the room.

15. Who gets stuck in the theater seat at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Stephan.
(b) Mama.
(c) Marga.
(d) Oskar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bronski call Oskar after becoming disoriented due to an injury at the Post Office?

2. When is Oskar's mother born?

3. After another meeting with Bebra, what does Oskar agree to do?

4. What does Oskar expect to receive for Christmas?

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

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