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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thomas react to Anna's new that she is pregnant in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He refuses to believe her.
(b) He proposes to her.
(c) He leaves the room.
(d) He kisses her stomach.

2. Why does Oskar agree to see Dr. Fein in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) His mother begs him.
(b) Grandma says she likes Dr. Fein.
(c) He wants abreak from the quest.
(d) His allowance depends on it.

3. How many survivors, including Thomas, are recovered by soldiers after the bombing in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

4. Why does A.R. Black have to speak to the woman at Agnes Black's building for Oskar?
(a) She thinks A.R. is cute.
(b) She speaks Spanish.
(c) She doen't want to bend down to listen.
(d) She doesn't talk to children.

5. What stylistically is noticeable about this chapter, Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Spelling and grammar errors are cirled in red.
(b) It is written phoenetically.
(c) The pages are printed upside down.
(d) The font changes to Courier New.

6. In Happiness, Happiness, what child actor does Jimmy make sexually explicit comments about?
(a) Haley Joel Osmond.
(b) Jonathan Lipnicki.
(c) Dakota Fanning.
(d) Emma Watson.

7. What famous Manhattan landmark used to be in the Sixth Borough?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) Carnegie Hall.
(d) Washington Square.

8. Which of the Blacks that Oskar visited informed his mom of the search?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Abby.
(c) Abe.
(d) A.R.

9. What continent, according to Thomas Schell, Jr. is now the home of the Sixth Borough?
(a) Europe.
(b) Australia.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) South America.

10. Why is Oskar particularly compelled by the renter when they meet in Alive and Alone?
(a) He resembles his father.
(b) He gives Oskar five dollars.
(c) He is incredibly old.
(d) He speaks German.

11. In The Sixth Borough, what had the engineers brought in to deal with the island previously worked on?
(a) The Leaning Tower fo Pizza.
(b) The city of Atlantis.
(c) Stonehenge.
(d) The San Andreas Fault.

12. Where is Thomas Schell as he writes in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Dresden.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Montevideo.

13. What does Thomas say to Anna to try to comfort her about her father in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He wants to marry her.
(b) Her father is a silly fool.
(c) The war will be over soon.
(d) He will talk to her father.

14. What does Oskar suspect Feliz is lying about Agnes Black in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) She is dead.
(b) She did not know his father.
(c) She has no children.
(d) They lived in the same building.

15. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what news can Thomas not bring himself to tell Grandma about her father?
(a) He was collaborating with the Nazis.
(b) He was killed in the bombing.
(c) He commited suicide.
(d) He left his wife to die in the flames.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oskar think is "grody" about the story of The Sixth Borough?

2. What is Thomas's response to Grandma's comment in Why I'm Not Where You Are that many babies will not be born because of 9/11?

3. In Why I'm Not Where Your Are, how does Thomas Schell get from the airport to Grandma's building?

4. Which direction direction does the long jumper run across Manhattan in preparation for his jump to the Sixth Borough?

5. In his fourth message, what does Dad say the people in his tower are doing?

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