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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sixth Borough.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What French expression does Oskar repeatedly use to refer to his mother?
(a) Raison d'etre.
(b) Bon vivante.
(c) D'est la vie.
(d) La vie en rose.

2. During their conversation in My Feelings, what does Mom do for Grandma for the first time?
(a) Say she loves her.
(b) Admit she never loved Thomas.
(c) Cry.
(d) Say thank you.

3. In Happiness, Happiness, what child actor does Jimmy make sexually explicit comments about?
(a) Haley Joel Osmond.
(b) Jonathan Lipnicki.
(c) Emma Watson.
(d) Dakota Fanning.

4. How many times do Anna and Thomas miss each other before finding each other in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) 100.
(b) 25.
(c) 14.
(d) 6.

5. In Googolplex, what does Oskar invent to go under his pillow?
(a) A drain.
(b) A dictaphone.
(c) A fence.
(d) A time radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. As she watches images of the Towers falling, what does she say she is full of?

2. What advice does Thomas give Grandma regarding her memoir in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

3. How long does Thomas later learn the first bombing of Dresden lasted?

4. Which two career paths does Allen Black imagine for his son in Happiness, Happiness?

5. Which of the following is not evidence cited by Thomas Schell, Jr. of these existence of the Sixth Borough?

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