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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I'm Not Where You Are (4/12/78).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thomas find Anna shortly before the bombing in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He runs into her on the road.
(b) He finds her in a prison camp.
(c) He finds her in Switzerland.
(d) He waits in her house.

2. What does Thomas say to Anna to try to comfort her about her father in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) The war will be over soon.
(b) Her father is a silly fool.
(c) He wants to marry her.
(d) He will talk to her father.

3. Where is Thomas Schell as he writes in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Toronto.
(b) Montevideo.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Dresden.

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

5. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are writing?
(a) Himself.
(b) His mother.
(c) His dead wife.
(d) His unborn son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Grandma told Oskar googolplex times?

2. What lie does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black in The Only Animal?

3. On the verge of losing everything in Dresden, what does Thomas imagine nourishing the trees as he walks down a road?

4. In Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots, what does each nail in A.R. Black's bed represent?

5. How many times do Anna and Thomas miss each other before finding each other in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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