View a FREE sample

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. On what gift to his mother does Oskar leave a coded form of his father's last message in Googolplex?
(a) A painting.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A cookie.
(d) A bracelet.

2. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do with the notebook that has "ha ha ha!" in it?
(a) He reads it to himself before bed every night.
(b) He frames it.
(c) He gives it to a homeless man.
(d) He burns it.

3. What is written on key Oskar finds in Googolplex?
(a) P.O. 254.
(b) Black.
(c) Secret.
(d) Schell.

4. According to Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are, what increased in number as he and Grandma's marriage developed?
(a) Rules.
(b) Fears.
(c) Regrets.
(d) Kisses.

5. At the beginning of The Only Animal, Oskar remembers his dad explain how he could change what gargantuan natural formation?
(a) The Sahara Desert.
(b) The Polar Icecaps.
(c) The Alps.
(d) The Grand Canyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma resolve to do the morning of the Dresden bombing?

2. How does Thomas react to Anna's new that she is pregnant in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

3. What do the guard, Grandma's uncle, and the killer in My Feelings have in common?

4. Why is Oskall Shell home alone on September 11, 2001?

5. What logical reason does Oskar give for everyone in the world not being able to play Hamlet at the same time?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 309 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample