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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I'm Not Where You Are (5/21/63).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Oskall Shell home alone on September 11, 2001?
(a) He is home sick.
(b) It is an in-service day.
(c) He is let out of school early.
(d) He sneaks out of school.

2. 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.

3. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, Thomas says he would give anything never to think of what again?
(a) His sculptures.
(b) America.
(c) Anna.
(d) Dresden.

4. Where do Anna and Thomas first make love in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) In Anna's bedroom.
(b) Behind a shed.
(c) In a the forest outside of town.
(d) In a rowboat on a lake.

5. What logical reason does Oskar give for everyone in the world not being able to play Hamlet at the same time?
(a) Many do not have access to the play.
(b) There are not enough skulls.
(c) Half the world are women.
(d) No one could play the other roles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do when he runs out of pages while talking to someone?

2. What advice does Thomas give Grandma regarding her memoir in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

3. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what does Thomas Schell, Sr., wonder about his doppelgangers?

4. Where in New York is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are when he meets his future wife?

5. How does Thomas find Anna shortly before the bombing in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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