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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alive and Alone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandma learn to become a real American?
(a) The National Anthem.
(b) State capitals.
(c) Idioms.
(d) Baseball players.

2. Why does Oskar want to know how his father died?
(a) So he can stop inventing ways.
(b) So he will know what to tell people.
(c) So that they can put it on the death certificate.
(d) So he can stop having nightmares.

3. Which famous person declines to look at a letter of recommendation in Happiness, Happiness?
(a) George Clooney.
(b) Jane Goodall
(c) Kofi Annan.
(d) Stephen Hawking.

4. What idea does Grandma have for her and Thomas's relationship in My Feelings?
(a) They should return to Dresden.
(b) They should never see each other again.
(c) They should live in the airport.
(d) They should only live together half the year.

5. How does Thomas Schell, Sr., describe his son's voice on the September 11th messages?
(a) Sad.
(b) Calm.
(c) Scared.
(d) Loving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma give a child on the first Halloween with Thomas?

2. What does Grandma notice about Thomas's clothes in My Feelings?

3. Why is Oskar nervous about meeting Ruth Black?

4. How does Oskar respond to A.R. Black's announcement that he is quitting the search?

5. What nationality is the prisoner that writes Grandma as a girl?

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