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

2. What does Oskar decide to do in the final moment of Alive and Alone?
(a) Throw away the key.
(b) Live with Grandma and the renter.
(c) Dig up Dad's coffin.
(d) Leave the country.

3. How long does Thomas later learn the first bombing of Dresden lasted?
(a) More than six hours.
(b) Less than half an hour.
(c) One hour.
(d) Two hours.

4. 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 left his wife to die in the flames.
(d) He commited suicide.

5. How does Thomas Schell, Sr., describe his son's voice on the September 11th messages?
(a) Scared.
(b) Loving.
(c) Sad.
(d) Calm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does A.R. Black have to speak to the woman at Agnes Black's building for Oskar?

2. What is Thomas Schell order to do at the zoo in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

3. In The Sixth Borough, what had the engineers brought in to deal with the island previously worked on?

4. 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?

5. In Happiness, Happiness, what child actor does Jimmy make sexually explicit comments about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major item movement happens between the sixth borough and and Manhattan as it drifts off?

2. In A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem, what does William Black reveal is the purpose of the key?

3. What is the living arrangement between Grandma and Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

4. How does Thomas, Sr. discover he has a son in Why I'm Not where You Are?

5. What does Dad relate about optimism to Oskar in the The Sixth Borough?

6. What does Thomas learn immediately before the bombing of Dresden begins?

7. Describe Thomas's experience during the bombing of Dresden.

8. How does the sixth borough's drift affect a boy and girl in the story?

9. What is Oskar's attitude toward Dr. Fein?

10. What does Stephen Hawking say to Oskar in A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem?

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