View a FREE sample

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. Which Beatles song does Oskar recall his father whistling?
(a) Something.
(b) Bungalo Bill.
(c) I Am the Walrus.
(d) Let It Be.

2. Which of the following is not a function Oskar Schell imagines for his talking teapot in What The?
(a) Recites Hamlet.
(b) Sounds like a train.
(c) Speaks like his father.
(d) Sings Yellow Submarine.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are?

2. What does Thomas do every day before going to the airport in New York?

3. How many messages from his father does Oskar Schell find on his family's answering machine in What The?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 266 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample