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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. Oskar's father often tells him that he is too smart for what?
(a) School.
(b) This planet.
(c) Retail.
(d) America.

2. What has Grandma told Oskar googolplex times?
(a) That he is a blessing from God.
(b) How much she misses Germany.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) How grandpa petted every animal he saw.

3. Who wrote Oskar's favorite book?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Honore de Balzac.
(c) Michael Crichton.
(d) Stephen Hawking.

4. What nationality is the prisoner that writes Grandma as a girl?
(a) Cambodian.
(b) Russian.
(c) Turkish.
(d) Armenian.

5. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, Thomas says he would give anything never to think of what again?
(a) America.
(b) His sculptures.
(c) Anna.
(d) Dresden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Grandma when she writes the letter in My Feelings?

2. Which of the following acquaintances is not one that Grandma asks for a letter sample in My Feelings?

3. What logical reason does Oskar give for everyone in the world not being able to play Hamlet at the same time?

4. What lie does Oskar tell Aaron Black over the speaker in The Only Animal?

5. What give's Grandma meaning in life after September 11, 2001?

Short Essay Questions

1. When do Anna and Thomas discover they love each other in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

2. How does Thomas Schell's silence affect his living situation?

3. Describe Thomas Schell's first meeting with his future wife?

4. Describe Thomas's decision to leave Grandma in Why I'm Not Where You Are.

5. What is the purpose of the drain system Oskar imagines in Googolplex?

6. What does Grandma do the day before Dresden is bombed?

7. How does Grandma write her memoirs in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

8. What is Oskar's attitude toward Jimmy?

9. What does Oskar do with the key in this chapter?

10. Why does Grandma insist on playing a Marco Polo-type game with Oskar?

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