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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandma's life story consist of in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Scrawled pictures.
(b) Single words.
(c) Excerpts from other novels.
(d) Blank pages.

2. How does Oskar's mother say she cries in Heavy Boots-Heavier Boots?
(a) In private.
(b) Inside.
(c) In her dreams.
(d) At work.

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

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

5. To whom is Thomas writing Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) His unborn son.
(b) Anna.
(c) Grandma.
(d) Oskar.

6. What affliction does A.R. Black have?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He has seizures.
(d) He cannot walk.

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

8. What does Jimmy do backstage that angers Oskar in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?
(a) He intentionally makes Oskar miss his entrance.
(b) He pushes Milch.
(c) He calls Oskar a spaz.
(d) He makes fun of Grandma.

9. What does Thomas tell Grandma he has not done since coming to America in My Feelings?
(a) Made a sculture.
(b) Spoken.
(c) Slept.
(d) Kissed a woman.

10. What is the first business that Oskar consults about the key in Googolplex?
(a) An art store.
(b) A locksmith.
(c) His father's jewelry store.
(d) The family accountant.

11. Why is the coffin that Oskar and his mother bury in What The? empty?
(a) Oskar's body is being held by the police.
(b) Oskar's father has been cremated.
(c) Oskar's father requested this.
(d) Oskar's father's body was never found.

12. What famous person writes Oskar Schell in Googolplex?
(a) Michael Bloomberg.
(b) Richard Dawkins.
(c) Ringo Starr.
(d) George W. Bush.

13. Why has Oskar never met his grandfather?
(a) He died in World War Two.
(b) He left his grandmother.
(c) He stayed in Europe after the War.
(d) He refuses to see anyone.

14. Who is the first person to call Grandma after the planes his the Towers in My Feelings?
(a) Dad.
(b) Thomas, Sr.
(c) Oskar.
(d) Mom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Grandma remembers as she sits with Oskar in My Feelings?

2. Which of the following is the first word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are loses?

3. What lie does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black in The Only Animal?

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

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

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