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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie does Oskar tell Aaron Black over the speaker in The Only Animal?
(a) He is seven.
(b) He is with the U.S. Census.
(c) He is an orphan.
(d) He is from the neighborhood.

2. In A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem, what does Oskar recall doing when dad calls on September 11, 2001?
(a) Leaving the room.
(b) Listening to the answering machine pick up.
(c) Picking up the receiver and hanging back up.
(d) Answering the phone and crying.

3. How long does A.R. help in the search before giving up in Alive and Alone?
(a) 15 days.
(b) 10 weeks.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 months.

4. Which of the following is not something that Thomas Schell takes pictures of in My Feelings?
(a) The undersides of bookshelves.
(b) The sky.
(c) Doorknobs.
(d) Grandma.

5. Why is the coffin that Oskar and his mother bury in What The? empty?
(a) Oskar's body is being held by the police.
(b) Oskar's father's body was never found.
(c) Oskar's father requested this.
(d) Oskar's father has been cremated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness describe?

2. What is the last word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are is able to speak?

3. What does Oskar keep under his bed and listen to at night?

4. What does Abby Black refuse to do for Oskar in The Only Animal?

5. What is the first business that Oskar consults about the key in Googolplex?

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