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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. Whose hand does Oskar squeeze on his way to the top of the Empire State Building in Alive and Alone?
(a) A.R. Black's.
(b) Grandma's.
(c) Thomas Schell, Sr.'s.
(d) Ruth Black's.

2. Who is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Thomas Schell, Sr.
(b) Thomas Schell, Jr.
(c) Oskar's mother.
(d) Oskar Schell.

3. What is significant about Grandma's Dresden and Thomas dreams in My Feelings?
(a) They happen in reverse.
(b) Oskar is in them.
(c) She experiences them outside her body.
(d) They only consist of brief snapshots.

4. What does Thomas say he is going to do when he leaves the apartment in My Feelings?
(a) He is going to buy her magazines.
(b) He is going to get breakfast.
(c) He is leaving her.
(d) He is going to help Oskar in his quest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a borough of New York that Oskar determines he has never visited at the beginning of The Sixth Borough?

2. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, Thomas says he would give anything never to think of what again?

3. Who in Grandma's family begins a mental collapse as the war approaches?

4. How is a famous landmark moved from the Sixth Borough to Manhattan?

5. What is Grandma doing as she watches television in My Feelings?

(see the answer key)

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