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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. Which of the following is not something that Thomas Schell takes pictures of in My Feelings?
(a) The sky.
(b) Grandma.
(c) Doorknobs.
(d) The undersides of bookshelves.

2. What happens in Heavy Boots-Heavier Boots that starts A.R. Black's crying?
(a) He stumps his toe.
(b) Birds fly by his window.
(c) The lights go out in his apartment.
(d) A Neil Sedaka song comes on the radio.

3. Which Black lives in the same building as Oskar?
(a) Aaron Black.
(b) Ada Black.
(c) Abe Black.
(d) A.R. Black.

4. By the time Mom returns home in My Feeling, what does Grandma know?
(a) Oskar is in denial.
(b) Her son is alive.
(c) Oskar knows his father is dead.
(d) Mom was cheating on her son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Brooklyn does Abe Black live?

2. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, Thomas says he would give anything never to think of what again?

3. In which borough does Aaron Black live?

4. What request does Grandma make of her sister Anna in My Feelings?

5. According to Grandma, you cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ideas does Oskar Schell come up with in the beginning of What The?

2. How does Grandma find Oskar in My Feelings?

3. What is the purpose of the drain system Oskar imagines in Googolplex?

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

5. What two ways does Oskar communicate with Grandma in Googolplex?

6. Describe Thomas's decision to leave Grandma in Why I'm Not Where You Are.

7. How does Grandma convince Thomas to marry her in My Feelings?

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

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

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

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