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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I'm Not Where You Are (9/11/03).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Grandma douse a pile of Thomas's books in My Feelings?
(a) She leaves them on a fire escape while it rains.
(b) She turns on a shower filled with them.
(c) She spills a pot of boiling water on them.
(d) She droops them in a puddle.

2. What does Oskar decide to do in the final moment of Alive and Alone?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Throw away the key.
(c) Live with Grandma and the renter.
(d) Dig up Dad's coffin.

3. What is the last word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are is able to speak?
(a) Stomach.
(b) I.
(c) Desire.
(d) No.

4. What does Grandma's life story consist of in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Blank pages.
(b) Scrawled pictures.
(c) Single words.
(d) Excerpts from other novels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Agnes Black Die on September 11, 2001?

2. Why does Oskar excuse himself to A.R. Black's bathroom in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?

3. Where is Thomas Schell as he writes in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

4. What famous Manhattan landmark used to be in the Sixth Borough?

5. How long does Thomas later learn the first bombing of Dresden lasted?

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