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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beautiful and True.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Oskar discover when he enters Grandma's apartment in Alive and Alone?
(a) The old telephone.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) A photo album.
(d) A bundle of letters.

2. What words does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black define her in The Only Animal?
(a) Old and wise.
(b) Super nice.
(c) Incredibly beautiful.
(d) Perky and punctual.

3. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, Thomas admits to Grandma that during their absence he had sex with whom?
(a) No one.
(b) Men.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Married women.

4. What does Grandma say she wishes she could do near the end of My Feelings?
(a) She could see her husband for one more night.
(b) She could trade places with her son.
(c) She could die on command.
(d) She could reverse the events of the day.

5. At the beginning of The Only Animal, Oskar remembers his dad explain how he could change what gargantuan natural formation?
(a) The Polar Icecaps.
(b) The Sahara Desert.
(c) The Alps.
(d) The Grand Canyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is something that Oskar determines he will not be fore starting his quest on The Only Animal?

2. What do Grandma and Thomas call the places in their apartment where they can be alone?

3. What is the last word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are is able to speak?

4. On the verge of losing everything in Dresden, what does Thomas imagine nourishing the trees as he walks down a road?

5. Which Beatles song does Oskar recall his father whistling?

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