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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maria's reply when Oskar asks her to marry him?
(a) It would a betrayal.
(b) They will always be friends.
(c) Never.
(d) She has committed herself to another.

2. What does Oskar's landlord resemble?
(a) A pig.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A bird.
(d) A hedgehog.

3. How many glasses does Zeidler smash when he is angry with his wife?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

4. How tall is Oskar at Matzerath's funeral?
(a) 3 feet 3 inches.
(b) 3 feet.
(c) 3 feet 6 inches.
(d) 4 feet 1 inch.

5. What does the finger resemble?
(a) A diamond.
(b) The cartridge that killed Bronski.
(c) The Polish flag.
(d) The moon.

6. What does Oskar give Vittlar in exchange for his silence?
(a) An aquamarine ring.
(b) His rooms at the boarding house.
(c) His drum.
(d) A small fortune.

7. What does Oskar bring to the nurses in the hospital?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Books.
(c) Injured animals.
(d) Candy.

8. Who does Oskar meet at the artist's party.
(a) Sister Dorothea.
(b) Corporal Lankes.
(c) Vitter.
(d) Klepp.

9. What is Oskar dressed as at the artist's party?
(a) A street cleaner.
(b) A jester.
(c) A drum.
(d) A soldier.

10. What is the name of the nurse at the boarding house?
(a) Sister Guste.
(b) Sister Dorothea.
(c) Sister Gertrude.
(d) Sister Anna.

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

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

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

14. Who is hired to play at the Onion Cellar?
(a) The Danzig Rebels.
(b) The Rhine River Three.
(c) The midget troupe.
(d) The Dusters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 34, why can't Oskar drum or write?

2. As the black market dries up, who supports the family?

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

4. How old is Oskar at the beginning of Chapter 46?

5. What does the concert promoter offer Oskar?

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