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  • Which is the day Oskar refered to as "the worst day"?
    11th September, 2001
  • Name three things about Oskar's grandma
    She had a sister, she lives opposite Oskar, she learned English with magazines, she raised her son alone
  • Where did Oskar fing the "key"
    In a blue vase on the top shelf of his dad's closet
  • Who is really "the renter"?
    Oskar's grandfather
  • Why does Thomas Shell Sr have tatooes on his hands?
    Because he can't talk
  • What are the two tragedies Oskar's family suffered?
    World War II and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre
  • Where and When does the story take place?
    Mainly in New York in 2003
  • Where were Oskar's gradparents from?
    Dresden, Germany
  • Name three things that make Oskar special
    He likes to invent things, he played the tambourine, he took photographs
  • Who is "Anna"?
    Thomas Schell Sr's girlfriend, also Grandma's sister, who died during the bombing of Dresden
  • Which musical instrument does Oskar have?
    A tambourine
  • Who does the "key" belong to?
    William Black
  • Why doesn't Oskar's mum ask him anything when he goes out?
    Because she knows where he is going
  • Why does Oskar hear Abby's message eight months later?
    Because he didn't want to use the "new" phone
  • Name two things about Mr Black
    He lives in Oskar's building, he is old, he can speak Spanish
  • What does Oskar imply when he uses the phrase "heavy boots"?
    Sadness
  • Why did Oskar buy a new phone on 11th September 2001?
    Because he hid the old phone with his dad's messages
  • Why was the coffin empty? What did they fill it with?
    They never found the body. They put all the letters
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