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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Oskar when Grandma finds him in My Feelings?
(a) In Cenntral Park.
(b) In his Dad's closet.
(c) At her door.
(d) Under his bed.

2. Who wrote Oskar's favorite book?
(a) Honore de Balzac.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Michael Crichton.
(d) Stephen Hawking.

3. What does Thomas do every day before going to the airport in New York?
(a) Sing an aria.
(b) Write a letter to Anna.
(c) Pretend to read Grandma's blank pages.
(d) Take a nap.

4. Where in New York is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are when he meets his future wife?
(a) The Manhattan Bridge.
(b) 59th and Lexington.
(c) Central Park.
(d) The Columbian Bakery.

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

6. Which of the following is the first word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are loses?
(a) Anna.
(b) Wallet.
(c) Shame.
(d) Carry.

7. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do with the notebook that has "ha ha ha!" in it?
(a) He burns it.
(b) He frames it.
(c) He reads it to himself before bed every night.
(d) He gives it to a homeless man.

8. What nationality is the prisoner that writes Grandma as a girl?
(a) Russian.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Cambodian.
(d) Armenian.

9. How many messages from his father does Oskar Schell find on his family's answering machine in What The?
(a) None.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

10. What affliction does A.R. Black have?
(a) He cannot walk.
(b) He is deaf.
(c) He is blind.
(d) He has seizures.

11. What lie does Oskar tell Aaron Black over the speaker in The Only Animal?
(a) He is an orphan.
(b) He is with the U.S. Census.
(c) He is from the neighborhood.
(d) He is seven.

12. On what gift to his mother does Oskar leave a coded form of his father's last message in Googolplex?
(a) A cookie.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A painting.

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

14. Where do Grandma and Thomas go before coming home on their final night together?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The airport.
(c) The Columbian Bakery.
(d) The jewelry store.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During their conversation in My Feelings, what does Mom do for Grandma for the first time?

2. Who is the man in Abby Black's Village apartment?

3. What do the guard, Grandma's uncle, and the killer in My Feelings have in common?

4. What phrase does Thomas Schell point to over and over as he and Grandma cry in My Feelings?

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

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