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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alive and Alone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following questions is not one that Oskar asks himself as he imagines a 9/11 type scenario in Alive and Alone?
(a) What would he say to the last person he called?
(b) Who would he call?
(c) Will he see it coming?
(d) Would he jump or burn to death?

2. What does Grandma regularly ask Thomas Schell to pick up at the airport for her?
(a) Baggage tags.
(b) Newspapers and magazines.
(c) Racing forms.
(d) Hairbrushes and combs.

3. By the time Mom returns home in My Feeling, what does Grandma know?
(a) Her son is alive.
(b) Oskar is in denial.
(c) Oskar knows his father is dead.
(d) Mom was cheating on her son.

4. How long is the letter that Grandma's own grandmother gives her in My Feelings?
(a) 67 pages long.
(b) 1 page long.
(c) 1 sentence long.
(d) 1 word long.

5. What does Oskar decide to do in the final moment of Alive and Alone?
(a) Dig up Dad's coffin.
(b) Live with Grandma and the renter.
(c) Throw away the key.
(d) Leave the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural occurrence does Ruth Black talk about in Alive and Alone?

2. What does Mom ask Grandma to do when she calls her in My Feelings?

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

4. Which of the following is not something Grandma remembers as she sits with Oskar in My Feelings?

5. Whose hand does Oskar squeeze on his way to the top of the Empire State Building in Alive and Alone?

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