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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 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) No one could play the other roles.
(d) Half the world are women.

2. What command does Oskar refuse in his first jujitsu class?
(a) Punch at another student.
(b) Kick his Sensei's crotch.
(c) Bow.
(d) State his name.

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

4. Where in New York is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are when he meets his future wife?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The Manhattan Bridge.
(c) The Columbian Bakery.
(d) 59th and Lexington.

5. How does Thomas find Anna shortly before the bombing in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He finds her in Switzerland.
(b) He finds her in a prison camp.
(c) He runs into her on the road.
(d) He waits in her house.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do Grandma and Thomas call the places in their apartment where they can be alone?

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

5. What is the last thing that the narrator writes to the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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