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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. In the beginning of Chapter 11, Oskar reflects on his feelings about leading others to steal from the shop windows. What does he state he feels about these actions?
(a) He regrets his power.
(b) He feels superior.
(c) He wishes he broke more shop windows.
(d) He is proud of himself.

2. What is Oskar's mother possessed with?
(a) Working.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Shopping.
(d) An undefined demon.

3. What does Oskar tell the gang his name is?
(a) Matzerath.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Oskar.
(d) Bronski.

4. What is the name of the beach Oskar, his mother, Jan Bronski, and Matzerath go to on Sundays?
(a) South Beach.
(b) North Beach.
(c) Castle Park
(d) Zoppot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oskar think Victor will denounce him?

2. What is raised in 1938?

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

4. When is Oskar's mother born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Oskar as the other men are taken away by the soldiers?

2. Why does Oskar lose weight while he is in the hospital?

3. Why does the Board of Health want to commit Oskar?

4. Oskar tells Bruno and his friends the story of his grandfather's possible death. After the story, each character responds with what he thinks actually happened. Whose version of the story's end does Oskar like the best and why.?

5. What do Oskar's family try to get him to do after Bronski was taken by the soldiers?

6. 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?

7. While at the beach, Oskar and his family meet a fisherman who is using a horse head to fish. What happens to Oskar's mother when she sees the horse head?

8. How does Oskar interpret the invitation of Jan Bronski's father to Kurt's baptism?

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

10. During the skat game, Bronski loses because of what distraction?

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