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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 Oskar suspect Feliz is lying about Agnes Black in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) She did not know his father.
(b) They lived in the same building.
(c) She has no children.
(d) She is dead.

2. 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 spills a pot of boiling water on them.
(d) She droops them in a puddle.

3. Where is Mom when Oskar falls asleep on the night of September 11, 2001?
(a) Hanging posters around town.
(b) Sedated in her bedroom.
(c) At ground zero.
(d) Sitting next to him.

4. What noises do the students make at the end of Oskar's presentation in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) Fart sounds.
(b) Coughs.
(c) Barfing noises.
(d) Boos.

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?
(a) What would he say to the last person he called?
(b) Would he jump or burn to death?
(c) Who would he call?
(d) Will he see it coming?

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of My Feelings, grandma receives a letter from whom?

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

3. What does Grandma regularly ask Thomas Schell to pick up at the airport for her?

4. What does Oskar decide to do in the final moment of Alive and Alone?

5. Who in Grandma's family begins a mental collapse as the war approaches?

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