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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Googolplex.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first business that Oskar consults about the key in Googolplex?
(a) His father's jewelry store.
(b) The family accountant.
(c) A locksmith.
(d) An art store.

2. What is the last thing that the narrator writes to the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) No, thank you.
(b) I love you.
(c) Ha ha ha.
(d) Help.

3. Why is Oskall Shell home alone on September 11, 2001?
(a) He is let out of school early.
(b) It is an in-service day.
(c) He is home sick.
(d) He sneaks out of school.

4. What logical reason does Oskar give for everyone in the world not being able to play Hamlet at the same time?
(a) Half the world are women.
(b) No one could play the other roles.
(c) Many do not have access to the play.
(d) There are not enough skulls.

5. Why has Oskar never met his grandfather?
(a) He died in World War Two.
(b) He refuses to see anyone.
(c) He left his grandmother.
(d) He stayed in Europe after the War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous person writes Oskar Schell in Googolplex?

2. What French expression does Oskar repeatedly use to refer to his mother?

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

4. What question does Oskar ask his mother about Ron in Googolplex?

5. Who communicates with Oskar via notes he reads by binoculars?

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