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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the first word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are loses?
(a) Anna.
(b) Carry.
(c) Wallet.
(d) Shame.

2. On what gift to his mother does Oskar leave a coded form of his father's last message in Googolplex?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A cookie.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A painting.

3. What is the last thing that the narrator writes to the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) I love you.
(b) Ha ha ha.
(c) Help.
(d) No, thank you.

4. Who does Grandma douse a pile of Thomas's books in My Feelings?
(a) She turns on a shower filled with them.
(b) She leaves them on a fire escape while it rains.
(c) She droops them in a puddle.
(d) She spills a pot of boiling water on them.

5. Where does Oskar decide he wants to keep everything he loves at the end of Googolplex?
(a) In a safe.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) In a giant pocket.
(d) In heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas do every day before going to the airport in New York?

2. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what does Thomas Schell, Sr., wonder about his doppelgangers?

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

4. What is tattooed on Thomas's right palm when Grandma sees him in Manhattan in My Feelings?

5. What is the only object that Grandma has to remind her of her father?

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