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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the concert promoter that approaches Oskar after Schuman's funeral?
(a) Lankes.
(b) Agnata.
(c) Scholastica.
(d) Dtzsch.

2. What does Oskar say he will do so Maria does not marry again?
(a) Buy a deli.
(b) Stop drumming.
(c) Love their son.
(d) Continue growing.

3. What does Sister Dorothea mistake Oskar for?
(a) Baby Jesus.
(b) The Devil.
(c) A clown.
(d) A doll.

4. What is the good news Oskar receives at his birthday party?
(a) He grandfather is found.
(b) He will be released soon.
(c) Maria agrees to marry him.
(d) The investigation of Sister Dorothea's death will be reopened.

5. What happens on the day Schuman shoots 13 birds?
(a) He loses his business.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) Birds attack his car.
(d) Nothing.

6. Why does Mr. Fajngold begin to disinfect himself and the family.?
(a) He likes to keep things clean.
(b) Kurt has lice.
(c) The plague has come.
(d) He is paraniod.

7. Who helps Oskar find a cheap room to rent?
(a) Maria.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Ulla.
(d) Bruno.

8. Why does Oskar feel entitled to keep the finger he found on the beach?
(a) No one else wants it.
(b) He found it himself.
(c) It is his reward.
(d) He was promised it at birth.

9. What does the patent leather belt represent?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Death.
(c) Betrayal.
(d) Life.

10. How is Oskar paid for the gravestones?
(a) In silence.
(b) In services.
(c) In trade.
(d) In money.

11. What does Matzerath do with the party pin when the Russian soldiers invade their hideout?
(a) Uses it as a weapon.
(b) Hides it under a mattress.
(c) Tries to swallow it.
(d) Shows it to the soldiers.

12. What does the concert promoter offer Oskar?
(a) A solo concert tour.
(b) Money for his drum.
(c) A band concert tour.
(d) A recording contract.

13. What happens on the train that causes the passengers to lose their belongings?
(a) The passengers throw them off the side.
(b) They are confiscated.
(c) They are robbed.
(d) They are lost in a train wreck.

14. In Chapter 34, why can't Oskar drum or write?
(a) He loses his will.
(b) He is not allowed.
(c) His joints are in pain.
(d) He prefers to talk to Bruno.

15. What instrument does Klepp play?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Clarinet.
(c) Piano.
(d) Drum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does Oskar use to describe the finger?

2. What does the drumming do for Oskar?

3. Who is the only person who does put their hands up when the Russians invade?

4. What is Oskar dressed as at the artist's party?

5. How does Miss Pioch meet her lover?

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