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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Oskar feel about the church?
2. After another meeting with Bebra, what does Oskar agree to do?
3. What does Bronski call Oskar after becoming disoriented due to an injury at the Post Office?
4. What does Oskar associate his guilt with?
5. How does the gang redecorate their clubhouse?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Oskar become the leader of the Dusters?
2. What does each member of the midget troupe perform for the soldiers?
3. 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?
4. What does Rasputin teach Oskar?
5. 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?
6. What does the midget troupe eat on their picnic?
7. What is Herbert's job at the local bar like?
8. What is Oskar's involvement in the criminal acts committed by the Dusters?
9. What did Oskar and his father find at one of the stores during Krystal Nacht?
10. Why does Oskar lose weight while he is in the hospital?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
War is an underlying theme in this book. How does the author discuss the war? Does this description provide an adequate background for the story?
Essay Topic 2
Why was Joseph Koljaiczek running from the law? Describe this event in detail. Is it likely that this event happened the way Oskar tells the story? Of the people Oskar is telling the story to, who truly believes him? Provide evidence to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the use of irony with the underlying Christian theme and the Christian Nazis. How does Grass use irony to share his feelings about the war? Cite examples to support your answer.
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