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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandma do at Thomas Schell's studio in My Feelings?
(a) She cooks for him.
(b) She feeds his animals.
(c) She poses for him.
(d) She writes poems for him.

2. In his fourth message, what does Dad say the people in his tower are doing?
(a) They are going to the roof.
(b) They are holding each other.
(c) They are jumping from the building.
(d) They are bashing out windows.

3. Which of the following is not something Grandma remembers as she sits with Oskar in My Feelings?
(a) Mary jumping on a bed.
(b) Anna kissing her.
(c) Father pinching her cheeks.
(d) The bombs falling in Dresden.

4. Which of the following is not something that Thomas Schell takes pictures of in My Feelings?
(a) The undersides of bookshelves.
(b) Doorknobs.
(c) Grandma.
(d) The sky.

5. What does Mom ask Grandma to do when she calls her in My Feelings?
(a) Watch Oskar.
(b) Put up posters with her son's picture.
(c) Try to contact Thomas, Jr.
(d) Close the jewelry store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What noises do the students make at the end of Oskar's presentation in Happiness, Happiness?

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

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

4. What do the guard, Grandma's uncle, and the killer in My Feelings have in common?

5. What object does Oskar discover when he enters Grandma's apartment in Alive and Alone?

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