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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jimmy do backstage that angers Oskar in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?
(a) He intentionally makes Oskar miss his entrance.
(b) He calls Oskar a spaz.
(c) He pushes Milch.
(d) He makes fun of Grandma.

2. What idea does Grandma have for her and Thomas's relationship in My Feelings?
(a) They should never see each other again.
(b) They should live in the airport.
(c) They should only live together half the year.
(d) They should return to Dresden.

3. During their conversation in My Feelings, what does Mom do for Grandma for the first time?
(a) Say thank you.
(b) Say she loves her.
(c) Cry.
(d) Admit she never loved Thomas.

4. How does Oskar Schell meet Gerald Thompson in What The?
(a) Gerald is directing the school performance of Hamlet.
(b) Gerald drives the limo to his father's funeral.
(c) Gerald is dating his mother.
(d) Gerald is his Sensei in jujitsu class.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time Mom returns home in My Feeling, what does Grandma know?

2. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are talking when he begins losing the ability to speak?

3. What does Thomas say he is going to do when he leaves the apartment in My Feelings?

4. According to Grandma, you cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from what?

5. Who is the only character to attend every performance of Hamlet in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two ways does Oskar communicate with Grandma in Googolplex?

2. How do the Blacks of chapters past reappear in this chapter?

3. What is Oskar's attitude toward Jimmy?

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

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

6. What happens with Grandma on the evening of September 11, 2001?

7. How does Grandma know that Thomas is gone at the end of My Feelings?

8. What cautionary story does Grandma's own grandmother tell in her letter in My Feelings?

9. Describe Oskar's argument with his mother in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots.

10. How does Grandma write her memoirs in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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