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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. How does Oskar try to force a miscarriage of Maria's pregnancy?
(a) Kicks her off a ladder.
(b) Punches her.
(c) Drops a bag of potatoes on her stomach.
(d) Poisons her.

2. In 1938, why can't Oskar's grandmother take her goods to the market?
(a) The markets were closed.
(b) She found another job.
(c) She could not afford it.
(d) The border was closed.

3. What does Bronski call Oskar after becoming disoriented due to an injury at the Post Office?
(a) His son.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Matzerath.
(d) Little drummer boy.

4. What does Oskar insist the gang do with their weapons?
(a) Keep them in the open.
(b) Sell them.
(c) Use then to take over the city.
(d) Bury them in the garden.

5. What does Bruno do after not being able to find the fizz powder?
(a) Buys Oskar a drum.
(b) Has a pharmacist make it.
(c) Tells Oskar it is no use.
(d) Brings Oskar real soda.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 16, who becomes a member of the Nazi Mounted SA band?

2. What does Matzerath force Oskar's mother to eat?

3. What does Maria trade for a new drum?

4. What wakes Oskar up after he falls asleep in the mail room of the post office?

5. What does Greff invent after his favorite boy Scout, HNorst Donath, dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Herbert's job at the local bar like?

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

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. Oskar spends a lot of time talking about his family history. One significant member of his family is Jan Bronski. How is Jan related to Oskar's mother and how does Oskar describe this character?

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

7. 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?

8. What was fizz powder used for and how was it used?

9. 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?

10. What does Rasputin teach Oskar?

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