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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. Which of the following is not evidence cited by Thomas Schell, Jr. of these existence of the Sixth Borough?
(a) Two names carved on a tree.
(b) A placard found on the bottom of the Hudson.
(c) The pH levels of the reservoir,
(d) Holes in the Central Park Zoo.

2. Which of the following questions is not one that Oskar asks himself as he imagines a 9/11 type scenario in Alive and Alone?
(a) Would he jump or burn to death?
(b) What would he say to the last person he called?
(c) Will he see it coming?
(d) Who would he call?

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

4. Which best describes the location of the Sixth Borough?
(a) It is an island very close to Manhattan.
(b) It is a strip of land between Brooklyn and Queens.
(c) It sits adjacent to the Bronx.
(d) It is a penninsula jutting off of Brooklyn.

5. 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?
(a) It is not so bad.
(b) Many more will be born because of it.
(c) He cannot think about tragedy anymore.
(d) That is unfathomable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness describe?

2. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what news can Thomas not bring himself to tell Grandma about her father?

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

4. What does Grandma refuse to share with Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Oskar overcome a phobia in Alive and Alone?

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