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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 does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do with the notebook that has "ha ha ha!" in it?

2. What do Grandma and Thomas call the places in their apartment where they can be alone?

3. What is the only object that Grandma has to remind her of her father?

4. Which of the following is something that Oskar determines he will not be fore starting his quest on The Only Animal?

5. What command does Oskar refuse in his first jujitsu class?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What suggestion does Grandma make to Thomas about their relationship in My Feelings?

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

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

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

6. Describe the phone call between Mom and Grandma in My Feelings.

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

8. How does married life become a series of negotiations for Grandma and Thomas Schell, Sr. in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

9. What is the purpose of the drain system Oskar imagines in Googolplex?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the marriage between Grandma and Thomas Schell, Sr. How do they find their way into each other's lives and to what extent does the tragedy of Dresden's demise play a central role in bringing them together? Chart the progression of their relationship in America form reconnection to courtship and through their marriage. How does the development of rules lead to the eventual end of their marriage? What happens when he returns to her?

Essay Topic 2

The three central characters of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close have all lost someone key to their lives and are painfully lost and isolated as a result. Write an essay about each of their isolation. What is missing from their lives since the loss? How do they deal with this pain on a day to day basis, and what emotions pervade as a result? Who attempts to reach out to them and how do they respond?

Part 1) Thomas Schell, Sr.

Part 2) Grandma.

Part 3) Oskar Schell.

Essay Topic 3

Oskar Schell is a fearful child, and his fears can fall into two camps that are real and imagined. Write an essay discussing these two types of fear and how they manifest themselves in the novel. For example, how do Dr. Fein and Jimmy represent a very real, concrete adversity to Oskar? What genuine concerns for his life do they present? Conversely, discuss the imagined dangers that haunt Oskar throughout the novel. From where do these fears derive and how do they affect his daily life?

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