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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. Where do Grandma and Thomas go before coming home on their final night together?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The airport.
(c) The Columbian Bakery.
(d) The jewelry store.

2. How does Oskar Schell meet Gerald Thompson in What The?
(a) Gerald drives the limo to his father's funeral.
(b) Gerald is his Sensei in jujitsu class.
(c) Gerald is dating his mother.
(d) Gerald is directing the school performance of Hamlet.

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

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

5. What is significant about Grandma's Dresden and Thomas dreams in My Feelings?
(a) She experiences them outside her body.
(b) They only consist of brief snapshots.
(c) They happen in reverse.
(d) Oskar is in them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Grandma's family begins a mental collapse as the war approaches?

2. How long is the letter that Grandma's own grandmother gives her in My Feelings?

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

4. What does Grandma regularly ask Thomas Schell to pick up at the airport for her?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When do Anna and Thomas discover they love each other in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

2. What do Abby Black and Oskar Schell talk about in The Only Animal?

3. What happens with Grandma on the evening of September 11, 2001?

4. How does Grandma know that Thomas is gone at the end of My Feelings?

5. What does Grandma do the day before Dresden is bombed?

6. What happens in the airport in My Feelings?

7. What is Thomas Schell doing when he begins to lose his words?

8. What suggestion does Grandma make to Thomas about their relationship in My Feelings?

9. Describe Oskar's first stop on his quest.

10. What did Oskar Schell do with the phone after his father's call on September 11, 2001?

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