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

2. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do with the notebook that has "ha ha ha!" in it?
(a) He burns it.
(b) He reads it to himself before bed every night.
(c) He gives it to a homeless man.
(d) He frames it.

3. On the verge of losing everything in Dresden, what does Thomas imagine nourishing the trees as he walks down a road?
(a) Hope.
(b) Blood.
(c) Tears.
(d) Books.

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

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) 14.
(c) 100.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Beatles song does Oskar recall his father whistling?

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

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

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

5. What is the first written single page message in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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