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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. How does Thomas find Anna shortly before the bombing in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He finds her in Switzerland.
(b) He waits in her house.
(c) He runs into her on the road.
(d) He finds her in a prison camp.

2. What do Grandma and Thomas call the places in their apartment where they can be alone?
(a) Nothing places.
(b) Blue places.
(c) Other places.
(d) Safe places.

3. What lie does Oskar tell Aaron Black over the speaker in The Only Animal?
(a) He is with the U.S. Census.
(b) He is seven.
(c) He is from the neighborhood.
(d) He is an orphan.

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

5. What does Grandma do at Thomas Schell's studio in My Feelings?
(a) She writes poems for him.
(b) She feeds his animals.
(c) She poses for him.
(d) She cooks for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing that the narrator writes to the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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

3. By the time Mom returns home in My Feeling, what does Grandma know?

4. Which of the following functions is not one that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are uses his old books for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Grandma and Anna do the night before the bombing of Dresden?

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

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

4. What is the significance of the storage unit in The Only Animal?

5. What does Oskar do with the key in this chapter?

6. Why does Grandma get samples of letters as a child in My Feelings?

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

8. What is A.R. Black's card system?

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

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

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