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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the last thing Grandma says to Oskar in My Feelings?
2. What is the first business that Oskar consults about the key in Googolplex?
3. What does Thomas tell Grandma he has not done since coming to America in My Feelings?
4. What is the only color that Oskar will wear?
5. Where is Oskar when Grandma finds him in My Feelings?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Oskar's argument with his mother in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots.
2. How does Oskar Schell fare in his first jujitsu class?
3. What happens to Oskar when he arrives home on September 11, 2001?
4. What two ways does Oskar communicate with Grandma in Googolplex?
5. How do the Blacks of chapters past reappear in this chapter?
6. What cautionary story does Grandma's own grandmother tell in her letter in My Feelings?
7. Describe Thomas's decision to leave Grandma in Why I'm Not Where You Are.
8. Describe Thomas Schell's first meeting with his future wife?
9. Describe the phone call between Mom and Grandma in My Feelings.
10. Why does Grandma get samples of letters as a child in My Feelings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a novel told largely from the point of view of Oskar Schell, a nine-year-old living with his mother on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. His life before the September 11th attacks was sheltered; after the attacks, he is consumed with anxieties he must overcome. Write an essay about three new experiences he has in the novel and how they affect him:
Part 1) When Oskar Schell begins his search for the key's lock, his first subject is Aaron Black of Corona. How is his journey into Corona an entirely new experience? Has he ever been to Queens before this point? What does he notice about Aaron Black's apartment building that is different from his own?
Part 2) When Oskar goes to Abe Black's place in Coney Island, he is suddenly compelled to do something by Abe that scares him. What is this action that terrifies Oskar? What essential fears stemming from his father's death does this action represent for Oskar?
Part 3) Discuss how Oskar Schell's interaction with Ruth Black represents his most extreme confrontation with the anxieties created by the September 11th attacks. What is he afraid of as he goes to her apartment? What thoughts consume him, and how does he deal with them?
Essay Topic 2
Jonathan Safran Foer creates a world not unlike our own in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. He includes real and recognizable locations and historical events surrounding his characters. Nevertheless, his world exists on a slightly different plane of reality, in which the fantastical and whimsical is possible. Write an essay about the fantastic in the novel, in three parts:
Part 1) Write a paragraph about the alternate history of New York City as related by Thomas Schell, Jr., on the night before he died. What augmentation does Dad make to the municipality of New York? How does the narrative end? What supposed proof does Dad offer Oskar by way of corroboration for his story?
Part 2) Discuss how Thomas Schell, Sr. is affected by his experience in Dresden after he arrives in the United States. What does he begin to lose over the course of several weeks? How does he adapt to this loss and how does this affect his life? What does this say about the lingering grief and guilt Thomas holds?
Part 3) Discuss A.R. Black's card catalog. What is he attempting to achieve by creating this catalog? How does it make the world more understandable to him? What patterns and trends has he discovered since beginning it?
Essay Topic 3
The plot of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is riddled with absent fathers. Write an essay about the prevalence of absent father figures, focusing on the primary father-son relationship in each othe two primary story-lines. What is the reason for each father's absence? How does each father communicate with his estranged son on a daily basis without actually doing so? In summation, discuss what happens when the estranged father figure of one narrative meets the orphaned son of the other. How do they interact?
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