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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. What does Grandma resolve to do the morning of the Dresden bombing?
(a) Ask Thomas to kiss her.
(b) Apologize to her sister.
(c) Write the Turkish prisoner back.
(d) Leave Dresden.

2. At the beginning of The Only Animal, Oskar remembers his dad explain how he could change what gargantuan natural formation?
(a) The Sahara Desert.
(b) The Polar Icecaps.
(c) The Grand Canyon.
(d) The Alps.

3. Which famous person sends a form letter to Oskar Schell at the end of The Only Animal?
(a) Weird Al Yankovich.
(b) Paul McCartney.
(c) Kofi Annan.
(d) Stephen Hawking.

4. What lie does Oskar tell Aaron Black over the speaker in The Only Animal?
(a) He is from the neighborhood.
(b) He is an orphan.
(c) He is with the U.S. Census.
(d) He is seven.

5. Why does Oskar excuse himself to A.R. Black's bathroom in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?
(a) He is wants to call his mother.
(b) He feels like he may cry.
(c) He likes the decor of the house.
(d) He has to use the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma learn to become a real American?

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

3. Where is Oskar when Grandma finds him in My Feelings?

4. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do with the notebook that has "ha ha ha!" in it?

5. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do when he runs out of pages while talking to someone?

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