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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I'm Not Where You Are (9/11/03).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What words does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black define her in The Only Animal?
(a) Incredibly beautiful.
(b) Old and wise.
(c) Perky and punctual.
(d) Super nice.

3. By the time Mom returns home in My Feeling, what does Grandma know?
(a) Mom was cheating on her son.
(b) Her son is alive.
(c) Oskar is in denial.
(d) Oskar knows his father is dead.

4. What word does A.R. Black cross out on his file card?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Democrat.
(c) Husband.
(d) War.

5. What happens in Heavy Boots-Heavier Boots that starts A.R. Black's crying?
(a) He stumps his toe.
(b) The lights go out in his apartment.
(c) A Neil Sedaka song comes on the radio.
(d) Birds fly by his window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas say to Anna to try to comfort her about her father in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

2. What is the first business that Oskar consults about the key in Googolplex?

3. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, where does Thomas say he wants to live with Anna?

4. What does Oskar always say in response to Grandma calling his name?

5. How long does Thomas later learn the first bombing of Dresden lasted?

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