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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the solider seal in the walls of each pillbox building they build?
(a) A gun.
(b) A human.
(c) A live puppy.
(d) A stack of money.

2. During their conversation at the beginning of the book, where does Oskar say Bruno "derived all his inspiration"?
(a) The ceiling.
(b) The virgin paper.
(c) His mother.
(d) From Oskar.

3. When Matzerath leaves the cellar door open and Oskar finds it, what does Oskar feel the cellar is demanding of him?
(a) A ear-piercing scream.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Exploration.
(d) A sacrifice.

4. In Chapter 3, Oskar is in the hospital and his friends come to visit. What gift does Klepp bring him?
(a) A jazz recorder.
(b) Books.
(c) Stationary.
(d) A new drum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the midget troupe wear?

2. What does Greff do in the cellar after creating his latest invention?

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

4. When is Oskar's mother born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Oskar and his father find at one of the stores during Krystal Nacht?

2. Did Oskar think his baptism was successful? Why or why not?

3. As the story begins, the reader immediately learns that the narrator is in a mental hospital. How does Oskar wish to change his room and are his changes something that would be expected?

4. What was to social and economic situation in Danzig in 1938?

5. What is Maria's reaction when Oskar puts the homemade fizz powder in his hand and spits in it?

6. What was the result of Oskar's drumming under the rostrums?

7. How does Oskar feel about quitting school after the first day and what does he do about it?

8. What is Oskar's involvement in the criminal acts committed by the Dusters?

9. What is the scene like in the Post Office as the Germans invade?

10. What does Oskar do when he does not receive drums for Christmas?

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