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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is something that Oskar determines he will not be fore starting his quest on The Only Animal?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Sexist.
(c) Cowardly.
(d) Lazy.

3. Which Beatles song does Oskar recall his father whistling?
(a) Bungalo Bill.
(b) Let It Be.
(c) Something.
(d) I Am the Walrus.

4. As she watches images of the Towers falling, what does she say she is full of?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Sand.
(c) Stones.
(d) Bile.

5. Why has Oskar never met his grandfather?
(a) He left his grandmother.
(b) He refuses to see anyone.
(c) He died in World War Two.
(d) He stayed in Europe after the War.

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

7. What does Grandma do at Thomas Schell's studio in My Feelings?
(a) She poses for him.
(b) She writes poems for him.
(c) She cooks for him.
(d) She feeds his animals.

8. What does Thomas tell Grandma he has not done since coming to America in My Feelings?
(a) Spoken.
(b) Slept.
(c) Made a sculture.
(d) Kissed a woman.

9. What lie does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black in The Only Animal?
(a) He is selling magazine subscriptions.
(b) He is 14.
(c) He has diabetes.
(d) He is her nephew.

10. Where does Grandma catch up with Thomas in My Feelings?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The Columbian Bakery.
(c) The airport.
(d) The cemetary.

11. What has Grandma told Oskar googolplex times?
(a) How much she misses Germany.
(b) How grandpa petted every animal he saw.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) That he is a blessing from God.

12. What do Grandma and Thomas call the places in their apartment where they can be alone?
(a) Safe places.
(b) Other places.
(c) Nothing places.
(d) Blue places.

13. Who communicates with Oskar via notes he reads by binoculars?
(a) His friend from school.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His Mother.
(d) Gerald Thompson.

14. Where does Grandma secretly spy on Thomas in My Feelings?
(a) The airport.
(b) Central Park.
(c) The bus.
(d) The Columbian Bakery.

15. What command does Oskar refuse in his first jujitsu class?
(a) Punch at another student.
(b) State his name.
(c) Bow.
(d) Kick his Sensei's crotch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy do backstage that angers Oskar in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?

2. Where in New York is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are when he meets his future wife?

3. Who is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are?

4. What is the last thing that the narrator writes to the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. Why is Oskall Shell home alone on September 11, 2001?

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