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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To whom is Thomas writing Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) His unborn son.
(b) Grandma.
(c) Oskar.
(d) Anna.
2. Where in New York is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are when he meets his future wife?
(a) Central Park.
(b) 59th and Lexington.
(c) The Columbian Bakery.
(d) The Manhattan Bridge.
3. Why has Oskar never met his grandfather?
(a) He died in World War Two.
(b) He left his grandmother.
(c) He refuses to see anyone.
(d) He stayed in Europe after the War.
4. As she watches images of the Towers falling, what does she say she is full of?
(a) Bile.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Stones.
(d) Sand.
5. What request does the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are make of the narrator?
(a) That he smile for her.
(b) That he marry her.
(c) That he buy her a coffee.
(d) That he kiss her.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following functions is not one that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are uses his old books for?
2. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do with the notebook that has "ha ha ha!" in it?
3. On what gift to his mother does Oskar leave a coded form of his father's last message in Googolplex?
4. What does Grandma regularly ask Thomas Schell to pick up at the airport for her?
5. What famous person writes Oskar Schell in Googolplex?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Oskar's argument with his mother in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots.
2. What is the purpose of the drain system Oskar imagines in Googolplex?
3. What ideas does Oskar Schell come up with in the beginning of What The?
4. What surprise awaits Grandma the day of her son's funeral?
5. What do Grandma and Anna do the night before the bombing of Dresden?
6. What does Grandma do the day before Dresden is bombed?
7. Describe Oscar's interplay with Gerald Thompson in What The?
8. Why does Grandma get samples of letters as a child in My Feelings?
9. When do Anna and Thomas discover they love each other in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
10. How does Grandma begin to alienate Thomas Schell in My Feelings?
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