View a FREE sample

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. Which of the following functions is not one that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are uses his old books for?
(a) Lining for birdcages.
(b) Paperweights.
(c) Doorstops.
(d) Donations to schools.

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

3. How does Thomas react to Anna's new that she is pregnant in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He leaves the room.
(b) He proposes to her.
(c) He kisses her stomach.
(d) He refuses to believe her.

4. What does Thomas do every day before going to the airport in New York?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Sing an aria.
(c) Pretend to read Grandma's blank pages.
(d) Write a letter to Anna.

5. In which borough does Aaron Black live?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are talking when he begins losing the ability to speak?

2. What gift was Thomas given by Anna days before the bombings?

3. What is the last thing that the narrator writes to the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

4. On what gift to his mother does Oskar leave a coded form of his father's last message in Googolplex?

5. What does Thomas say to Anna to try to comfort her about her father in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 299 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample