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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 phrase does Thomas Schell point to over and over as he and Grandma cry in My Feelings?
(a) How sad.
(b) One please.
(c) Help.
(d) Ha ha ha.

2. What nationality is the prisoner that writes Grandma as a girl?
(a) Cambodian.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Russian.
(d) Armenian.

3. 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) Leave the country.
(d) Throw away the key.

4. Who does Grandma douse a pile of Thomas's books in My Feelings?
(a) She turns on a shower filled with them.
(b) She leaves them on a fire escape while it rains.
(c) She droops them in a puddle.
(d) She spills a pot of boiling water on them.

5. Which of the following acquaintances is not one that Grandma asks for a letter sample in My Feelings?
(a) Her gardener.
(b) A schoolmate.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her piano teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness call for at the end of his story?

2. What does Grandma resolve to do the morning of the Dresden bombing?

3. What event does interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness describe?

4. How does Oskar respond to A.R. Black's announcement that he is quitting the search?

5. What does Grandma notice about Thomas's clothes in My Feelings?

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