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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beautiful and True.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a famous landmark moved from the Sixth Borough to Manhattan?
(a) It is dragged by large hooks.
(b) It is driven by a thousand pickup trucks.
(c) It is lifted by helicoptors.
(d) It is carried across the six Staten Island Ferries.

2. What label does Oskar apply to himself during The Sixth Borough?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Manhattanite.
(c) Pacifist.
(d) Optimist.

3. Who communicates with Oskar via notes he reads by binoculars?
(a) His friend from school.
(b) Gerald Thompson.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His Mother.

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

5. How did Agnes Black Die on September 11, 2001?
(a) She was hit by debris.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) She was in one of the planes.
(d) She worked in one of the towers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in New York is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are when he meets his future wife?

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

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

4. What is the first written single page message in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. What words does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black define her in The Only Animal?

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