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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only color that Oskar will wear?
(a) Orange.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

2. What do the guard, Grandma's uncle, and the killer in My Feelings have in common?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) Neither believe in god.
(c) They have both lost wives.
(d) They are both bald.

3. How many times do Anna and Thomas miss each other before finding each other in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) 100.
(b) 14.
(c) 25.
(d) 6.

4. How many messages from his father does Oskar Schell find on his family's answering machine in What The?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 1.
(d) None.

5. What adjective does Oskar Schell use to describe September 11, 2001?
(a) Sad.
(b) Long.
(c) Smoky.
(d) Worst.

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

7. What does Oskar keep under his bed and listen to at night?
(a) A music box.
(b) A Beatles record.
(c) A phone.
(d) A personal tape recorder.

8. Where is Oskar when Grandma finds him in My Feelings?
(a) In Cenntral Park.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) At her door.
(d) In his Dad's closet.

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

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

11. What does Oskar always say in response to Grandma calling his name?
(a) Grandma.
(b) I love you.
(c) I'm okay.
(d) Bless you.

12. What does Abby Black refuse to do for Oskar in The Only Animal?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Let him take her picture.
(c) Give him cab fare home.
(d) Introduce him to the man in her apartment.

13. What give's Grandma meaning in life after September 11, 2001?
(a) The hope that her husband may return.
(b) The hope her son might be alive.
(c) Her son's widow's calls.
(d) Oskar's presence.

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

15. In My Feelings, Thomas is unable to answer what he and Grandma are, between which two things?
(a) Something or Nothing.
(b) Good or Bad.
(c) Lovers or Siblings.
(d) Together or Apart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma's life story consist of in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

2. Where does Grandma catch up with Thomas in My Feelings?

3. Who did the killer in My Feelings murder?

4. In which borough does Aaron Black live?

5. On the verge of losing everything in Dresden, what does Thomas imagine nourishing the trees as he walks down a road?

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