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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of The Only Animal, Oskar remembers his dad explain how he could change what gargantuan natural formation?
(a) The Alps.
(b) The Grand Canyon.
(c) The Polar Icecaps.
(d) The Sahara Desert.

2. Which of the following functions is not one that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are uses his old books for?
(a) Donations to schools.
(b) Doorstops.
(c) Lining for birdcages.
(d) Paperweights.

3. What is Grandma doing as she watches television in My Feelings?
(a) Dozing off.
(b) Typing her autobiography.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Mending a shirt.

4. Who is the only character to attend every performance of Hamlet in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?
(a) Oskar's Mother.
(b) Abby Black.
(c) Stan.
(d) Grandma.

5. Which of the following is not something Grandma remembers as she sits with Oskar in My Feelings?
(a) Father pinching her cheeks.
(b) Mary jumping on a bed.
(c) Anna kissing her.
(d) The bombs falling in Dresden.

6. What lie does Oskar tell Aaron Black over the speaker in The Only Animal?
(a) He is with the U.S. Census.
(b) He is seven.
(c) He is an orphan.
(d) He is from the neighborhood.

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

8. Which Black lives in the same building as Oskar?
(a) A.R. Black.
(b) Ada Black.
(c) Abe Black.
(d) Aaron Black.

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

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

11. What is the only object that Grandma has to remind her of her father?
(a) His hat.
(b) A photo of him in Berlin.
(c) A letter from him.
(d) His cane.

12. On what gift to his mother does Oskar leave a coded form of his father's last message in Googolplex?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A cookie.
(c) A painting.
(d) A scarf.

13. What does Grandma give a child on the first Halloween with Thomas?
(a) 200 dollars.
(b) Laitkas.
(c) A toaster.
(d) Nothing.

14. What does Grandma regularly ask Thomas Schell to pick up at the airport for her?
(a) Racing forms.
(b) Hairbrushes and combs.
(c) Baggage tags.
(d) Newspapers and magazines.

15. What nationality is the prisoner that writes Grandma as a girl?
(a) Russian.
(b) Cambodian.
(c) Armenian.
(d) Turkish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What logical reason does Oskar give for everyone in the world not being able to play Hamlet at the same time?

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

3. What French expression does Oskar repeatedly use to refer to his mother?

4. Which of the following is not a word that Oskar thinks would have been on his father's file card?

5. Where is Oskar when Grandma finds him in My Feelings?

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