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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 nervous about meeting Ruth Black?
(a) He hasn't gone alone to an apartment in some time.
(b) He worries he does not look his best.
(c) She lives atop a skyscraper.
(d) She lives way out in Staten Island.

2. Who did the killer in My Feelings murder?
(a) His wife.
(b) A policeman.
(c) His brother.
(d) A store clerk.

3. On what floor of the Empire State Building did a plane crash in 1945?
(a) 58th.
(b) 95th.
(c) 33rd.
(d) 79th.

4. In My Feelings, Thomas is unable to answer what he and Grandma are, between which two things?
(a) Lovers or Siblings.
(b) Something or Nothing.
(c) Good or Bad.
(d) Together or Apart.

5. What idea does Grandma have for her and Thomas's relationship in My Feelings?
(a) They should return to Dresden.
(b) They should only live together half the year.
(c) They should never see each other again.
(d) They should live in the airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something that Thomas Schell takes pictures of in My Feelings?

2. How does Thomas Schell, Sr., describe his son's voice on the September 11th messages?

3. How long is the letter that Grandma's own grandmother gives her in My Feelings?

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

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

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