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

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

3. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what does Thomas Schell, Sr., wonder about his doppelgangers?
(a) If they are in America.
(b) If they are lonely.
(c) If they have made the same mistakes as he.
(d) If they know they are doppelgangers.

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

5. How many times do Anna and Thomas miss each other before finding each other in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) 25.
(b) 6.
(c) 14.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are writing?

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

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

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

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