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

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

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

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

5. What advice does Thomas give Grandma regarding her memoir in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Keep it secret.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Publish it.
(d) Never stop working on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Oskar Schell use to describe September 11, 2001?

2. What command does Oskar refuse in his first jujitsu class?

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

4. Which of the following is not a function Oskar Schell imagines for his talking teapot in What The?

5. How does Oskar Schell meet Gerald Thompson in What The?

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