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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is across the street from Oskar's new apartment?
(a) A coffin warehouse.
(b) A funeral home.
(c) A chocolate factory.
(d) A glass house.

2. What does the nurse's patent leather belt remind him of?
(a) His mother.
(b) Eels.
(c) His father.
(d) Snakes.

3. How does Bebra feel about Oskar's growth?
(a) Betrayed.
(b) Rejected.
(c) Happy.
(d) Disappointed.

4. How does Oskar make money after the tombstone business fails?
(a) Letting others touch his hump for money.
(b) As a model for an Art class.
(c) Selling himself.
(d) He gets a job at the Post office.

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

6. In Chapter 31, who is killed during an air raid?
(a) Maria.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Matzerath.
(d) Mother Truczinski.

7. What do Oskar and Klepp put in the hall of the boarding house?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Fiber runner.
(c) Lights.
(d) Their instruments.

8. What does the drumming do for Oskar?
(a) Makes him forget.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Reminds him of his youth.
(d) Relieves tension.

9. How does Oskar control the customers as they cry uncontrollably?
(a) He tells a joke.
(b) He takes the onions away.
(c) He yells at them.
(d) A drum solo.

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

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

12. What happens to Oskar as a result of the trial?
(a) He is released a free man.
(b) He is committed to the asylum.
(c) He is put in Matzerath's custody.
(d) He is sent to jail.

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

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

15. How does Oskar feel about the nurse at the boarding house?
(a) He is afraid of her.
(b) He is in love with her.
(c) He does not like her.
(d) He is fascinated.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in the boarding house, what does Oskar check daily?

2. What does Oskar steal from the nurse's room?

3. What is the result of the concert tours Oskar plays?

4. How much does Oskar grow during the train ride?

5. What is a regular activity for Oskar and Klepp after their initial meeting?

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