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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thomas find Anna shortly before the bombing in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He finds her in Switzerland.
(b) He waits in her house.
(c) He finds her in a prison camp.
(d) He runs into her on the road.

2. What request does the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are make of the narrator?
(a) That he smile for her.
(b) That he buy her a coffee.
(c) That he marry her.
(d) That he kiss her.

3. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are writing?
(a) His dead wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) Himself.
(d) His unborn son.

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

5. What is the first written single page message in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Ha ha ha!
(b) Help.
(c) I want two rolls.
(d) Thank you, but I'm about to burst.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the verge of losing everything in Dresden, what does Thomas imagine nourishing the trees as he walks down a road?

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

3. Why is the coffin that Oskar and his mother bury in What The? empty?

4. What does the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do with the notebook that has "ha ha ha!" in it?

5. In Googolplex, what does Oskar invent to go under his pillow?

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