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

2. When Osker is traveling with the midget troupe, what makes him homesick?
(a) The expensive glassware of Louis XVI.
(b) The Nile.
(c) The pyramids.
(d) The Eiffel tower.

3. What do Oskar and Herbert Truczinski do while Herbert is unemployed?
(a) Herbert taught Oskar to read.
(b) Explored the city.
(c) Played instruments.
(d) Committed two robberies.

4. After searching for a tutor to teach him the alphabet, who finally agrees to teach Oskar?
(a) Mr. Meyn.
(b) Mother Turczinski.
(c) Gretchen Scheffler.
(d) Greff.

5. Why do the characters call Victor "poor Victor" after the war?
(a) He loses his home.
(b) He loses his eyeglasses.
(c) He loses a leg.
(d) He dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oskar tells the story of his grandfather to Bruno. Bruno thinks Oskar's grandfather is dead and describes the death as...?

2. What does Oskar say he does to make it through his day?

3. What does Oskar expect to receive for Christmas?

4. What does Oskar associate his guilt with?

5. Why does Oskar say his uncle Gregor drank?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Oskar's mother's diet like after Easter?

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

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

6. What does Rasputin teach Oskar?

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. Why did the citizens want to be present at the political rally?

9. 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?

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

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