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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While on his way home from the church one night, where does Oskar go to avoid the gang?
(a) Back to the church.
(b) Under a bridge.
(c) A chocolate factory.
(d) He runs home.

2. What does Greff do in the cellar after creating his latest invention?
(a) Hangs himself.
(b) Gets rid of all the potatoes.
(c) Cleans it.
(d) Puts better acoustics in the cellar.

3. What is Oskar convinced that the Germans are after?
(a) Oskar.
(b) The mail.
(c) His Drum.
(d) Bronski.

4. Who at the Polish post office is able to repair Oskar's drum?
(a) The Post Master.
(b) Bronski's manager.
(c) A customer.
(d) A janitor.

5. Why doesn't Greff want Oskar to play with the books?
(a) He does not want Oskar to learn.
(b) He thinks Oskar will only rip them up.
(c) They cost over 6 gulden.
(d) They were of a sexual nature.

6. At the beginning of Chapter 17, what does Maria bring Oskar?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) A book.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A new drum.

7. How does Oskar refer to his trial after the church scene?
(a) The second trial of Jesus.
(b) A sham.
(c) Treason.
(d) The begining of the end.

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

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

10. When Oskar asks Greff to teach him the alphabet, what does Greff tell Oskar to play with instead of the books?
(a) The other children in the area.
(b) Potatoes and Cabbages.
(c) The cash register.
(d) The toy dolls he sold.

11. What does the midget troupe wear?
(a) Colorful uniforms.
(b) Doctors' coats.
(c) Army uniforms.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

14. What do the German soldiers accuse Bronski of?
(a) Killing a German.
(b) Bringing a toodles into a war zone.
(c) Theft.
(d) Treason.

15. What does Bronski call Oskar after becoming disoriented due to an injury at the Post Office?
(a) Little drummer boy.
(b) Matzerath.
(c) His son.
(d) Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of people does Greff prefer?

2. Whose idea is it to commit Oskar to the asylum?

3. What do Oskar and Herbert Truczinski do while Herbert is unemployed?

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

5. What does Greff invent after his favorite boy Scout, HNorst Donath, dies?

(see the answer keys)

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