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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 Sahara Desert.
(c) The Grand Canyon.
(d) The Polar Icecaps.

2. What has Grandma told Oskar googolplex times?
(a) How much she misses Germany.
(b) How grandpa petted every animal he saw.
(c) That he is a blessing from God.
(d) That she loves him.

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

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

5. Where is Mom when Oskar falls asleep on the night of September 11, 2001?
(a) Hanging posters around town.
(b) Sedated in her bedroom.
(c) Sitting next to him.
(d) At ground zero.

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

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

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

9. Where does Oskar decide he wants to keep everything he loves at the end of Googolplex?
(a) In a giant pocket.
(b) In heaven.
(c) In a safe.
(d) Under his bed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first business that Oskar consults about the key in Googolplex?

2. What phrase does Thomas Schell point to over and over as he and Grandma cry in My Feelings?

3. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are writing?

4. What does Grandma give a child on the first Halloween with Thomas?

5. Which of the following is not something that Thomas Schell takes pictures of in My Feelings?

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