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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What request does Grandma make of her sister Anna in My Feelings?
(a) She wants her to teach her how to waltz.
(b) She wants her to leave Dresden forever.
(c) She wants to watch her kiss Thomas.
(d) She wants her to a dress.

2. Where in New York is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are when he meets his future wife?
(a) 59th and Lexington.
(b) The Manhattan Bridge.
(c) The Columbian Bakery.
(d) Central Park.

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

4. How does Oskar Schell meet Gerald Thompson in What The?
(a) Gerald is directing the school performance of Hamlet.
(b) Gerald drives the limo to his father's funeral.
(c) Gerald is his Sensei in jujitsu class.
(d) Gerald is dating his mother.

5. Where is Grandma when she writes the letter in My Feelings?
(a) The Columbian Bakery.
(b) An airport.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) The park.

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

7. As she watches images of the Towers falling, what does she say she is full of?
(a) Bile.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Sand.
(d) Stones.

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

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

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

11. What request does the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are make of the narrator?
(a) That he kiss her.
(b) That he smile for her.
(c) That he marry her.
(d) That he buy her a coffee.

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

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

14. Who is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Oskar Schell.
(b) Thomas Schell, Sr.
(c) Thomas Schell, Jr.
(d) Oskar's mother.

15. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are talking when he begins losing the ability to speak?
(a) His brother.
(b) A waiter.
(c) No one.
(d) A customs official.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Thomas give Grandma regarding her memoir in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

2. What is Grandma doing as she watches television in My Feelings?

3. What does Thomas tell Grandma he has not done since coming to America in My Feelings?

4. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, Thomas says he would give anything never to think of what again?

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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