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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 type of existence does Oskar live after his mother's death?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Unfulfilling.
(c) Boring.
(d) Dismal.

2. What does Oskar say he does to make it through his day?
(a) Play his drum.
(b) Read the paper.
(c) Talk with Bruno.
(d) Sleep.

3. When does Kobyella, the janitor, die?
(a) Many years after the war.
(b) During a skat game.
(c) During the gun fight.
(d) Immediately after the war.

4. What wakes Oskar up after he falls asleep in the mail room of the post office?
(a) Machine gun fire.
(b) The mail carriers.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Bronski.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Matzerath leaves the cellar door open and Oskar finds it, what does Oskar feel the cellar is demanding of him?

2. What does Oskar believe when Maria becomes pregnant?

3. What does Oskar say was wrong with the wooden bench at the church?

4. As an adult, what does Oskar do with his old drums?

5. What does Matzerath do after finding out Maria is pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.?

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

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

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

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

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

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 is Herbert's job at the local bar like?

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

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

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