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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 say she wishes she could do near the end of My Feelings?
(a) She could trade places with her son.
(b) She could see her husband for one more night.
(c) She could die on command.
(d) She could reverse the events of the day.

2. What does Grandma notice about Thomas's clothes in My Feelings?
(a) They are from the fifties.
(b) They are out of season.
(c) They are strangely formal.
(d) They are muddy.

3. What is the first business that Oskar consults about the key in Googolplex?
(a) A locksmith.
(b) The family accountant.
(c) An art store.
(d) His father's jewelry store.

4. What has Grandma told Oskar googolplex times?
(a) How much she misses Germany.
(b) That he is a blessing from God.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) How grandpa petted every animal he saw.

5. What does Oskar always say in response to Grandma calling his name?
(a) I love you.
(b) I'm okay.
(c) Bless you.
(d) Grandma.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the verge of losing everything in Dresden, what does Thomas imagine nourishing the trees as he walks down a road?

2. In My Feelings, Thomas is unable to answer what he and Grandma are, between which two things?

3. Which of the following is the first word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are loses?

4. What logical reason does Oskar give for everyone in the world not being able to play Hamlet at the same time?

5. Who is the first person to call Grandma after the planes his the Towers in My Feelings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What cautionary story does Grandma's own grandmother tell in her letter in My Feelings?

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

9. How does Grandma find Oskar in My Feelings?

10. What happens to Oskar when he arrives home on September 11, 2001?

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