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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Only Animal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What give's Grandma meaning in life after September 11, 2001?
(a) The hope her son might be alive.
(b) The hope that her husband may return.
(c) Her son's widow's calls.
(d) Oskar's presence.

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

3. What does Grandma regularly ask Thomas Schell to pick up at the airport for her?
(a) Baggage tags.
(b) Hairbrushes and combs.
(c) Racing forms.
(d) Newspapers and magazines.

4. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do when he runs out of pages while talking to someone?
(a) Finds a fitting message on an earlier page.
(b) Walks way abruptly.
(c) Scrawls out letters in the air with his finger.
(d) Writes on his arm.

5. Which of the following is not a function Oskar Schell imagines for his talking teapot in What The?
(a) Sounds like a train.
(b) Speaks like his father.
(c) Sings Yellow Submarine.
(d) Recites Hamlet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is tattooed on Thomas's right palm when Grandma sees him in Manhattan in My Feelings?

2. What is Grandma doing as she watches television in My Feelings?

3. What adjective does Oskar Schell use to describe September 11, 2001?

4. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are writing?

5. Why has Oskar never met his grandfather?

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