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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 does Abby Black refuse to do for Oskar in The Only Animal?
(a) Introduce him to the man in her apartment.
(b) Let him take her picture.
(c) Give him cab fare home.
(d) Kiss him.

2. In his letter in A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem, what does Stephen Hawking admit wishing that he could be?
(a) A waiter.
(b) An athlete.
(c) A poet.
(d) An actor.

3. Why can Oskar not speak to A.R. Black at the beginning of A Simple Solution to an Impossible Problem?
(a) He has died.
(b) He refuses to talk to Oskar.
(c) He has taken of his hearing aids permanently.
(d) He has moved out.

4. What advice does Thomas give Grandma regarding her memoir in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Publish it.
(c) Never stop working on it.
(d) Keep it secret.

5. How long is the letter that Grandma's own grandmother gives her in My Feelings?
(a) 1 sentence long.
(b) 1 page long.
(c) 1 word long.
(d) 67 pages long.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What affliction does A.R. Black have?

3. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, Thomas admits to Grandma that during their absence he had sex with whom?

4. Which of the following is not a word that Oskar thinks would have been on his father's file card?

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

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