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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are writing?
(a) His mother.
(b) His unborn son.
(c) Himself.
(d) His dead wife.

3. Who does Grandma douse a pile of Thomas's books in My Feelings?
(a) She leaves them on a fire escape while it rains.
(b) She spills a pot of boiling water on them.
(c) She droops them in a puddle.
(d) She turns on a shower filled with them.

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

5. Where in Brooklyn does Abe Black live?
(a) Park Slope.
(b) Williamsburg.
(c) Crown Heights.
(d) Coney Island.

6. According to Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are, what increased in number as he and Grandma's marriage developed?
(a) Kisses.
(b) Regrets.
(c) Fears.
(d) Rules.

7. What does Grandma say she wishes she could do near the end of My Feelings?
(a) She could reverse the events of the day.
(b) She could see her husband for one more night.
(c) She could trade places with her son.
(d) She could die on command.

8. During their conversation in My Feelings, what does Mom do for Grandma for the first time?
(a) Admit she never loved Thomas.
(b) Say she loves her.
(c) Say thank you.
(d) Cry.

9. What does Grandma do at Thomas Schell's studio in My Feelings?
(a) She poses for him.
(b) She feeds his animals.
(c) She writes poems for him.
(d) She cooks for him.

10. In Googolplex, what does Oskar invent to go under his pillow?
(a) A fence.
(b) A drain.
(c) A dictaphone.
(d) A time radio.

11. Which of the following is not a function Oskar Schell imagines for his talking teapot in What The?
(a) Sings Yellow Submarine.
(b) Recites Hamlet.
(c) Speaks like his father.
(d) Sounds like a train.

12. What question does Oskar ask his mother about Ron in Googolplex?
(a) If he is Jewish.
(b) If his father knew him.
(c) If she loves him.
(d) If she is sleeping with him.

13. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do with the notebook that has "ha ha ha!" in it?
(a) He reads it to himself before bed every night.
(b) He frames it.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He gives it to a homeless man.

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

15. In which borough does Aaron Black live?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mom ask Grandma to do when she calls her in My Feelings?

2. To whom is Thomas writing Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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

4. Which of the following acquaintances is not one that Grandma asks for a letter sample in My Feelings?

5. How many messages from his father does Oskar Schell find on his family's answering machine in What The?

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