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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I'm Not Where You Are (9/11/03).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Thomas react to Anna's new that she is pregnant in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He refuses to believe her.
(b) He proposes to her.
(c) He kisses her stomach.
(d) He leaves the room.

3. Who is the only character to attend every performance of Hamlet in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?
(a) Oskar's Mother.
(b) Stan.
(c) Abby Black.
(d) Grandma.

4. What does Grandma do at Thomas Schell's studio in My Feelings?
(a) She cooks for him.
(b) She poses for him.
(c) She feeds his animals.
(d) She writes poems for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Grandma douse a pile of Thomas's books in My Feelings?

2. What French expression does Oskar repeatedly use to refer to his mother?

3. According to Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are, what increased in number as he and Grandma's marriage developed?

4. Which famous person declines to look at a letter of recommendation in Happiness, Happiness?

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

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