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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oskar think is the most remarkable thing grownups ever produced?
(a) Works of art.
(b) Clocks.
(c) Building.
(d) Drums.

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

3. What does Oskar say he does to make it through his day?
(a) Read the paper.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Talk with Bruno.
(d) Play his drum.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 1, Oskar, states that he is in a mental hospital and is being watched. How does he feel about the person watching him?
(a) His is fond of the person watching.
(b) He resents the person watching.
(c) He wishes the person watching was real.
(d) He despises the person watching.

5. In Chapter 17, who does Oskar find to assist with the search of his mother?
(a) Matzerath.
(b) Herbert.
(c) Bronski.
(d) Maria.

6. In the beginning of Chapter 16, who becomes a member of the Nazi Mounted SA band?
(a) Meyn.
(b) Oskar.
(c) Mezterath.
(d) Bronski.

7. As an adult, what does Oskar do with his old drums?
(a) Numbers and stores them in the basement.
(b) Throws them out.
(c) Gives them to the needy.
(d) Keeps them.

8. What circus character does Oskar feel drawn to?
(a) The musical clown.
(b) The lion tamer.
(c) The dancing seals.
(d) The trapeze artist.

9. Who is shot for not vacating the beach?
(a) Berbra.
(b) Oskar.
(c) Three small children.
(d) Five nuns.

10. In the beginning of Chapter 11, Oskar reflects on his feelings about leading others to steal from the shop windows. What does he state he feels about these actions?
(a) He is proud of himself.
(b) He feels superior.
(c) He wishes he broke more shop windows.
(d) He regrets his power.

11. After searching for a tutor to teach him the alphabet, who finally agrees to teach Oskar?
(a) Gretchen Scheffler.
(b) Mother Turczinski.
(c) Greff.
(d) Mr. Meyn.

12. In Chapter 25, who does Oskar have an affair with?
(a) Lina.
(b) Greff.
(c) Anna.
(d) Maria.

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

14. Oskar possesses a special gift that he uses when upset over someone taking his drum. What is this gift?
(a) The ability to have a tantrum that caused seizures.
(b) Patience.
(c) The ability to manipulate his mother.
(d) The ability to shatter glass with his scream.

15. Oskar describes his room in the mental hospital. How does he describe his bed?
(a) His demise.
(b) As a goal.
(c) Soft as a cloud.
(d) Cold and hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Oskar disappears with the midget troupe, what do the police think?

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

3. What is raised in 1938?

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

5. How does the gang redecorate their clubhouse?

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