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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I'm Not Where You Are (9/11/03).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only character to attend every performance of Hamlet in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?
(a) Oskar's Mother.
(b) Abby Black.
(c) Grandma.
(d) Stan.

2. Why is Oskar particularly compelled by the renter when they meet in Alive and Alone?
(a) He gives Oskar five dollars.
(b) He speaks German.
(c) He is incredibly old.
(d) He resembles his father.

3. By the time Mom returns home in My Feeling, what does Grandma know?
(a) Oskar is in denial.
(b) Oskar knows his father is dead.
(c) Mom was cheating on her son.
(d) Her son is alive.

4. What is the last word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are is able to speak?
(a) Desire.
(b) No.
(c) I.
(d) Stomach.

5. In Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots, what does each nail in A.R. Black's bed represent?
(a) A day since his wife died.
(b) A night he has not slept.
(c) A photo he has published.
(d) A person who died on September 11th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Grandma have for her and Thomas's relationship in My Feelings?

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

3. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what does Thomas Schell, Sr., wonder about his doppelgangers?

4. What lie does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black in The Only Animal?

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

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