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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Oskar particularly compelled by the renter when they meet in Alive and Alone?
(a) He gives Oskar five dollars.
(b) He is incredibly old.
(c) He speaks German.
(d) He resembles his father.

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

3. What do the guard, Grandma's uncle, and the killer in My Feelings have in common?
(a) Neither believe in god.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They are both bald.
(d) They have both lost wives.

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

5. Which famous person declines to look at a letter of recommendation in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) Jane Goodall
(b) Kofi Annan.
(c) George Clooney.
(d) Stephen Hawking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is the prisoner that writes Grandma as a girl?

2. What does Grandma give a child on the first Halloween with Thomas?

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

4. Who is the first person to call Grandma after the planes his the Towers in My Feelings?

5. Which of the following questions is not one that Oskar asks himself as he imagines a 9/11 type scenario in Alive and Alone?

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