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

2. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what does Thomas Schell, Sr., wonder about his doppelgangers?
(a) If they know they are doppelgangers.
(b) If they are in America.
(c) If they have made the same mistakes as he.
(d) If they are lonely.

3. Which of the following is not a word that Oskar thinks would have been on his father's file card?
(a) Philanthropist.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Jeweler.
(d) Copy editor.

4. What is the last thing that the narrator writes to the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Ha ha ha.
(b) Help.
(c) No, thank you.
(d) I love you.

5. Which famous British actor is pictured in the photos of Stuff That Happened to Me in Googolplex?
(a) John Geilgud.
(b) Laurence Olivier.
(c) Ralph Richardson.
(d) Oliver Reed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stylistically is noticeable about this chapter, Why I'm Not Where You Are?

2. What does Grandma's life story consist of in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

3. What is the only object Thomas retrieves in the rubble of Dresden?

4. Why has Oskar never met his grandfather?

5. According to Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are, what increased in number as he and Grandma's marriage developed?

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