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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 is Grandma when she writes the letter in My Feelings?
(a) An airport.
(b) The park.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) The Columbian Bakery.

2. What question does Oskar ask his mother about Ron in Googolplex?
(a) If she is sleeping with him.
(b) If she loves him.
(c) If his father knew him.
(d) If he is Jewish.

3. Why has Oskar never met his grandfather?
(a) He died in World War Two.
(b) He stayed in Europe after the War.
(c) He left his grandmother.
(d) He refuses to see anyone.

4. Who does Grandma douse a pile of Thomas's books in My Feelings?
(a) She turns on a shower filled with them.
(b) She droops them in a puddle.
(c) She spills a pot of boiling water on them.
(d) She leaves them on a fire escape while it rains.

5. Which of the following acquaintances is not one that Grandma asks for a letter sample in My Feelings?
(a) Her piano teacher.
(b) A schoolmate.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her gardener.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the guard, Grandma's uncle, and the killer in My Feelings have in common?

2. In The Only Animal, what does Oskar say elephants may have?

3. What request does the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are make of the narrator?

4. Who is the only character to attend every performance of Hamlet in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?

5. What is significant about Grandma's Dresden and Thomas dreams in My Feelings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the Blacks of chapters past reappear in this chapter?

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

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

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

6. Describe Oscar's interplay with Gerald Thompson in What The?

7. Why does Grandma insist on playing a Marco Polo-type game with Oskar?

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 begin to alienate Thomas Schell in My Feelings?

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