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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. How does Oskar Schell meet Gerald Thompson in What The?
(a) Gerald drives the limo to his father's funeral.
(b) Gerald is his Sensei in jujitsu class.
(c) Gerald is directing the school performance of Hamlet.
(d) Gerald is dating his mother.

2. What adjective does Oskar Schell use to describe September 11, 2001?
(a) Smoky.
(b) Worst.
(c) Long.
(d) Sad.

3. What is the last thing that the narrator writes to the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) I love you.
(b) Help.
(c) No, thank you.
(d) Ha ha ha.

4. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do when he runs out of pages while talking to someone?
(a) Finds a fitting message on an earlier page.
(b) Walks way abruptly.
(c) Scrawls out letters in the air with his finger.
(d) Writes on his arm.

5. Which of the following is the first word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are loses?
(a) Shame.
(b) Wallet.
(c) Carry.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Beatles song does Oskar recall his father whistling?

2. Why is the coffin that Oskar and his mother bury in What The? empty?

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

4. How many times do Anna and Thomas miss each other before finding each other in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. According to Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are, what increased in number as he and Grandma's marriage developed?

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