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Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Grandma's life story consist of in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Excerpts from other novels.
(b) Blank pages.
(c) Single words.
(d) Scrawled pictures.

3. What does Thomas do every day before going to the airport in New York?
(a) Write a letter to Anna.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Pretend to read Grandma's blank pages.
(d) Sing an aria.

4. What is the last word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are is able to speak?
(a) No.
(b) Desire.
(c) I.
(d) Stomach.

5. What does Oskar keep under his bed and listen to at night?
(a) A phone.
(b) A music box.
(c) A personal tape recorder.
(d) A Beatles record.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What logical reason does Oskar give for everyone in the world not being able to play Hamlet at the same time?

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

4. Who wrote Oskar's favorite book?

5. Oskar's father often tells him that he is too smart for what?

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