2. When Oskar asks Greff to teach him the alphabet, what does Greff tell Oskar to play with instead of the books?
(a) The cash register.
(b) The toy dolls he sold.
(c) The other children in the area.
(d) Potatoes and Cabbages.

3. How does Oskar feel about the church?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Fascinated.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Grateful.

4. Why does Oskar think Victor will denounce him?
(a) He betrayed his father.
(b) He killed his father.
(c) He was not sent to jail.
(d) He is paranoid.

5. What instrument does Mr. Meyn play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Drums.
(d) Piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets stuck in the theater seat at the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. How does Oskar try to force a miscarriage of Maria's pregnancy?

3. When Osker is traveling with the midget troupe, what makes him homesick?

4. What do the German soldiers accuse Bronski of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Greff fall into despair in Chapter 25?

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

3. 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.?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does each member of the midget troupe perform for the soldiers?

(see the answer keys)

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