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A Response to 9/11 by Jonathan Safran Foer Answers

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Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.It took me nine hours to make, and I had thought about giving it to Sonny, the homeless person who I sometimes see standing outside the Alliance Française, because he puts me in heavy boots, or maybe to Lindy, the neat old woman who volunteers to give tours at the Museum of Natural History, so I could be something special to her, or even just to someone in a wheelchair. But instead I gave it to Mom. She said it was the best gift she’d ever received. Which word from this excerpt most reveals the tone?

standing, because it implies alertness

heavy, because it communicates the narrator’s desperation

neat, because it reveals the narrator’s whimsical fancy

special, because it implies confidence

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Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.I knew I could never let Mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one of my most important raisons d’être, so what I did was I took Dad’s emergency money from on top of his dresser, and I went to the Radio Shack on Amsterdam. What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?

that his mother would not understand the messages

that the messages would increase his mother’s suffering

that his father’s emergency money should be replaced

that the employees at Radio Shack would sympathize with him

Which excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a childish tone?

“Need some more copies?” Walt asked. I gave him a high-five, and I showed him the key that I had found, and asked him what he could tell me about it.

“Could be a safe-deposit box, actually. An old one. Or some kind of fire-retardant cabinet.” That made me crack up a little, even though I know there’s nothing funny about being a mental retard.

“Well, hardly anyone uses keys anymore.” “I use keys,” I told him, and I showed him my apartment key. “I know you do,” he said.

I said, “I have another question.” “Shoot.” “Do you think I could find the company that made this key?” “Anyone could’ve made it.” “Well then, what I want to know is how can I find the lock that it opens?”

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.I started inventing things, and then I couldn’t stop, like beavers, which I know about. People think they cut down trees so they can build dams, but in reality it’s because their teeth never stop growing, and if they didn’t constantly file them down by cutting through all of those trees, their teeth would start to grow into their own faces, which would kill them. That’s how my brain was. Which line best reflects the ambiguity of this excerpt?

I started inventing things, and then I couldn’t stop, like beavers

People think they cut down trees so they can build dams

in reality it’s because their teeth never stop growing

their teeth would start to grow into their own faces

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.Even after a year, I still had an extremely difficult time doing certain things, like taking showers, for some reason, and getting into elevators, obviously. There was a lot of stuff that made me panicky, like suspension bridges, germs, airplanes, fireworks…A lot of the time I’d get that feeling like I was in the middle of a huge black ocean, or in deep space, but not in the fascinating way. It’s just that everything was incredibly far away from me. It was worst at night. I started inventing things, and then I couldn’t stop, like beavers, which I know about. People think they cut down trees so they can build dams, but in reality it’s because their teeth never stop growing....Which word from this excerpt most reveals the tone?

panicky

huge

fascinating

reality

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.There was a lot of stuff that made me panicky, like suspension bridges, germs, airplanes, fireworks… A lot of the time I’d get that feeling like I was in the middle of a huge black ocean, or in deep space, but not in the fascinating way.How does the narration affect Oskar’s credibility in this excerpt?

His list of fears makes him seem anxious.

His tale of panic makes him seem immature.

His attempt at self-reflection makes him seem honest.

His knowledge of science makes him seem intellectual.

Which line from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a sentimental tone?

I couldn’t sleep, not after hours, and it made my boots lighter to be around his things, and to touch stuff that he had touched, and to make the hangers hang a little straighter, even though I knew it didn’t matter.

His tuxedo was over the chair he used to sit on when he tied his shoes, and I thought, Weird. Why wasn’t it hung up with his suits?

Had he come from a fancy party the night before he died? But then why would he have taken off his tuxedo without hanging it up? Maybe it needed to be cleaned? But I didn’t remember a fancy party.

If I hadn’t noticed anything else weird, I wouldn’t have thought about the tuxedo again. But I started noticing a lot.

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.In bed that night I invented a special drain that would be underneath every pillow in New York, and would connect to the reservoir. Whenever people cried themselves to sleep, the tears would all go to the same place.... And when something really terrible happened—like a nuclear bomb, or at least a biological weapons attack—an extremely loud siren would go off, telling everyone to get to Central Park to put sandbags around the reservoir.What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?

that his creativity will be eagerly embraced

that a biological weapons attack is imminent

that many people express their grief through tears

that volunteers are always willing to help in a crisis

Which line from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a nostalgic tone?

Even after a year, I still had an extremely difficult time doing certain things, like taking showers, for some reason, and getting into elevators, obviously.

A lot of the time I’d get that feeling like I was in the middle of a huge black ocean, or in deep space, but not in the fascinating way.

It’s just that everything was incredibly far away from me. It was worst at night. I started inventing things, and then I couldn’t stop, like beavers, which I know about.

We used to Greco-Roman wrestle on the floor in there, and tell hilarious jokes, and once we hung a pendulum from the ceiling and put a circle of dominoes on the floor to prove that the earth rotated.

Which line from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a melancholy tone?

As for the bracelet Mom wore to the funeral, what I did was I converted Dad’s last voice message into Morse code, and I used sky-blue beads for silence, maroon beads for breaks between letters . . .

She said it was the best gift she’d ever received. I asked her if it was better than the Edible Tsunami, from when I was interested in edible meteorological events. She said, “Different.”

I wanted to tell her she shouldn’t be playing Scrabble yet. Or looking in the mirror. Or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. It wasn’t fair to Dad, and it wasn’t fair to me.

I made her other Morse code jewelry with Dad’s messages—a necklace, an anklet, some dangly earrings, a tiara—but the bracelet was definitely the most beautiful, probably because it was the last, which made it the most precious.

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