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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. When Matzerath leaves the cellar door open and Oskar finds it, what does Oskar feel the cellar is demanding of him?
(a) Exploration.
(b) A ear-piercing scream.
(c) A sacrifice.
(d) Suicide.

2. How does the gang redecorate their clubhouse?
(a) With pictures of girls.
(b) With religious artifacts.
(c) With weapons.
(d) With anti-war signs.

3. When does Oskar lose his ability to shatter glass with his voice?
(a) When he is 10 years old.
(b) After a car accident.
(c) The year before entering the mental hospital.
(d) He never loses this ability.

4. Why does Oskar think his mother becomes more religious?
(a) She had always enjoyed the church.
(b) A near death experience.
(c) Her association with Jan Bronski.
(d) She has feelings of guilt.

5. How does Oskar refer to his trial after the church scene?
(a) A sham.
(b) The second trial of Jesus.
(c) The begining of the end.
(d) Treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the solider seal in the walls of each pillbox building they build?

2. What happens after Joseph Koljaiczak hides under Anna Bronksi's skirts?

3. When Oskar's first drum breaks and his parents think he might be cut by it, what do his parents use to try to bribe him into giving up his drum?

4. What does Oskar tell the gang his name is?

5. What is Oskar convinced that the Germans are after?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Maria's reaction when Oskar puts the homemade fizz powder in his hand and spits in it?

2. What two things are the result of Oskar's fall down the cellar steps?

3. Why does Greff fall into despair in Chapter 25?

4. What is Oskar's involvement in the criminal acts committed by the Dusters?

5. Why does the Board of Health want to commit Oskar?

6. What happens to Oskar as the other men are taken away by the soldiers?

7. What does Rasputin teach Oskar?

8. What was fizz powder used for and how was it used?

9. What does Oskar do when he does not receive drums for Christmas?

10. As the story begins, the reader immediately learns that the narrator is in a mental hospital. How does Oskar wish to change his room and are his changes something that would be expected?

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