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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 Beatles song does Oskar recall his father whistling?
(a) I Am the Walrus.
(b) Something.
(c) Bungalo Bill.
(d) Let It Be.

2. What is significant about Grandma's Dresden and Thomas dreams in My Feelings?
(a) They only consist of brief snapshots.
(b) They happen in reverse.
(c) She experiences them outside her body.
(d) Oskar is in them.

3. How long is the letter that Grandma's own grandmother gives her in My Feelings?
(a) 1 word long.
(b) 67 pages long.
(c) 1 page long.
(d) 1 sentence long.

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

5. What does Thomas do every day before going to the airport in New York?
(a) Pretend to read Grandma's blank pages.
(b) Write a letter to Anna.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Sing an aria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Oskall Shell home alone on September 11, 2001?

2. To whom is Thomas writing Why I'm Not Where You Are?

3. What words does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black define her in The Only Animal?

4. What does Grandma do at Thomas Schell's studio in My Feelings?

5. What command does Oskar refuse in his first jujitsu class?

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