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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. How does Oskar respond to A.R. Black's announcement that he is quitting the search?
(a) He hugs him.
(b) He shakes his hand.
(c) He shouts a curse word at him.
(d) He cries.

2. What noises do the students make at the end of Oskar's presentation in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) Fart sounds.
(b) Boos.
(c) Barfing noises.
(d) Coughs.

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

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

5. In his letter in A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem, what does Stephen Hawking admit wishing that he could be?
(a) A poet.
(b) An athlete.
(c) An actor.
(d) A waiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Abby Black know William Black?

2. What label does Oskar apply to himself during The Sixth Borough?

3. How did Agnes Black Die on September 11, 2001?

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

5. What stylistically is noticeable about this chapter, Why I'm Not Where You Are?

Short Essay Questions

1. What decision does Oskar make at the end of Alive and Alone?

2. What is happening in Dad's fourth message?

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

4. How does Oskar's presentation go at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Oskar tell Thomas, Sr. over the course of Alive and Alone?

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

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