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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 know they are doppelgangers.
(d) If they have made the same mistakes as he.

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

3. Which famous British actor is pictured in the photos of Stuff That Happened to Me in Googolplex?
(a) Ralph Richardson.
(b) Laurence Olivier.
(c) Oliver Reed.
(d) John Geilgud.

4. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, Thomas says he would give anything never to think of what again?
(a) America.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Anna.
(d) His sculptures.

5. What French expression does Oskar repeatedly use to refer to his mother?
(a) D'est la vie.
(b) La vie en rose.
(c) Bon vivante.
(d) Raison d'etre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are loses?

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

3. What does Thomas do every day before going to the airport in New York?

4. Who wrote Oskar's favorite book?

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

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