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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Oskar play in Hamlet?
(a) Laertes.
(b) Hamlet's father.
(c) Yorick.
(d) Horacio.

2. At the end of My Feelings, grandma receives a letter from whom?
(a) Thomas, Sr.
(b) Thomas, Jr.
(c) Oskar.
(d) Anna.

3. Where do Anna and Thomas first make love in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) In a rowboat on a lake.
(b) Behind a shed.
(c) In Anna's bedroom.
(d) In a the forest outside of town.

4. In Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots, what does each nail in A.R. Black's bed represent?
(a) A photo he has published.
(b) A day since his wife died.
(c) A person who died on September 11th.
(d) A night he has not slept.

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

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

7. 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 frames it.
(b) He reads it to himself before bed every night.
(c) He gives it to a homeless man.
(d) He burns it.

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

9. What lie does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black in The Only Animal?
(a) He has diabetes.
(b) He is her nephew.
(c) He is 14.
(d) He is selling magazine subscriptions.

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

11. What does Mom ask Grandma to do when she calls her in My Feelings?
(a) Put up posters with her son's picture.
(b) Try to contact Thomas, Jr.
(c) Watch Oskar.
(d) Close the jewelry store.

12. Why is Oskall Shell home alone on September 11, 2001?
(a) He is home sick.
(b) He is let out of school early.
(c) He sneaks out of school.
(d) It is an in-service day.

13. Who in Grandma's family begins a mental collapse as the war approaches?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother .
(d) Her uncle.

14. 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) Doorstops.
(b) Lining for birdcages.
(c) Donations to schools.
(d) Paperweights.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas say he is going to do when he leaves the apartment in My Feelings?

2. According to Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are, what increased in number as he and Grandma's marriage developed?

3. Where is Grandma when she writes the letter in My Feelings?

4. Where does Grandma catch up with Thomas in My Feelings?

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

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