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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do when he runs out of pages while talking to someone?
(a) Finds a fitting message on an earlier page.
(b) Scrawls out letters in the air with his finger.
(c) Walks way abruptly.
(d) Writes on his arm.

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

3. What question does Oskar ask his mother about Ron in Googolplex?
(a) If she loves him.
(b) If his father knew him.
(c) If she is sleeping with him.
(d) If he is Jewish.

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) There are not enough skulls.
(d) Many do not have access to the play.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times do Anna and Thomas miss each other before finding each other in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

3. Where in New York is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are when he meets his future wife?

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

5. How does Thomas find Anna shortly before the bombing in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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