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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 object does Oskar discover when he enters Grandma's apartment in Alive and Alone?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) A photo album.
(c) A bundle of letters.
(d) The old telephone.

2. Why does Oskar want to know how his father died?
(a) So that they can put it on the death certificate.
(b) So he can stop inventing ways.
(c) So he will know what to tell people.
(d) So he can stop having nightmares.

3. Why does A.R. Black have to speak to the woman at Agnes Black's building for Oskar?
(a) She doen't want to bend down to listen.
(b) She speaks Spanish.
(c) She thinks A.R. is cute.
(d) She doesn't talk to children.

4. Where is Grandma when she writes the letter in My Feelings?
(a) The park.
(b) The Columbian Bakery.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) An airport.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about Grandma's Dresden and Thomas dreams in My Feelings?

2. Why does Oskar agree to see Dr. Fein in Happiness, Happiness?

3. In My Feelings, Thomas is unable to answer what he and Grandma are, between which two things?

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

5. How did Agnes Black Die on September 11, 2001?

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