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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 40, Klepp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the midget troupe wear?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Colorful uniforms.
(c) Doctors' coats.
(d) Army uniforms.

2. What does the nurse's patent leather belt remind him of?
(a) Snakes.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Eels.

3. What happens on the train that causes the passengers to lose their belongings?
(a) They are lost in a train wreck.
(b) They are robbed.
(c) The passengers throw them off the side.
(d) They are confiscated.

4. What is one topic Oskar and Klepp talk about?
(a) The war.
(b) Peacetime.
(c) The existence of heaven.
(d) Women.

5. Who does Oskar meet at the artist's party.
(a) Vitter.
(b) Klepp.
(c) Sister Dorothea.
(d) Corporal Lankes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oskar say he dealt with not being about to find him?

2. In Chapter 40, as Oskar hears sounds in the room adjoining the nurse's, what does the neighbor ask of him?

3. What does Matzerath do with the party pin when the Russian soldiers invade their hideout?

4. Who does the seven of spades represent?

5. Whose idea is it to commit Oskar to the asylum?

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