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

2. What French expression does Oskar repeatedly use to refer to his mother?
(a) D'est la vie.
(b) Bon vivante.
(c) Raison d'etre.
(d) La vie en rose.

3. Who wrote Oskar's favorite book?
(a) Michael Crichton.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Honore de Balzac.
(d) Stephen Hawking.

4. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are talking when he begins losing the ability to speak?
(a) A waiter.
(b) No one.
(c) His brother.
(d) A customs official.

5. What do Grandma and Thomas call the places in their apartment where they can be alone?
(a) Other places.
(b) Blue places.
(c) Safe places.
(d) Nothing places.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma's life story consist of in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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

3. What request does the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are make of the narrator?

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

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

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