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

2. What is the only object that Grandma has to remind her of her father?
(a) A photo of him in Berlin.
(b) A letter from him.
(c) His hat.
(d) His cane.

3. What is written on key Oskar finds in Googolplex?
(a) Black.
(b) Schell.
(c) Secret.
(d) P.O. 254.

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

5. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are writing?
(a) His unborn son.
(b) His mother.
(c) His dead wife.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Oskar's favorite book?

2. Which of the following is not an adjective that Anna uses to describe kissing in My Feelings?

3. At the end of My Feelings, grandma receives a letter from whom?

4. What is the first written single page message in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. Which Beatles song does Oskar recall his father whistling?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thomas Schell's silence affect his living situation?

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

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

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

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

6. What is Thomas Schell doing when he begins to lose his words?

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

8. How does Thomas Schell Sr. speak after losing his voice?

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

10. How does Grandma find Oskar in My Feelings?

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