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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. What does Grandma learn to become a real American?
(a) Idioms.
(b) The National Anthem.
(c) Baseball players.
(d) State capitals.

2. What advice does Thomas give Grandma regarding her memoir in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Publish it.
(b) Never stop working on it.
(c) Keep it secret.
(d) Burn it.

3. What idea does Grandma have for her and Thomas's relationship in My Feelings?
(a) They should return to Dresden.
(b) They should only live together half the year.
(c) They should never see each other again.
(d) They should live in the airport.

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

5. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do when he runs out of pages while talking to someone?
(a) Walks way abruptly.
(b) Finds a fitting message on an earlier page.
(c) Writes on his arm.
(d) Scrawls out letters in the air with his finger.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Grandma secretly spy on Thomas in My Feelings?

4. At the beginning of The Only Animal, Oskar remembers his dad explain how he could change what gargantuan natural formation?

5. Why does Oskar excuse himself to A.R. Black's bathroom in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprise awaits Grandma the day of her son's funeral?

2. Describe Oskar's argument with his mother in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots.

3. How does Grandma begin to alienate Thomas Schell in My Feelings?

4. What is Oskar's attitude toward Jimmy?

5. How does Oskar Schell fare in his first jujitsu class?

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

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

8. Describe the phone call between Mom and Grandma in My Feelings.

9. Describe Thomas Schell's first meeting with his future wife?

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

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