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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sixth Borough.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous person writes Oskar Schell in Googolplex?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Ringo Starr.
(c) Richard Dawkins.
(d) Michael Bloomberg.

2. Where does Oskar decide he wants to keep everything he loves at the end of Googolplex?
(a) In a giant pocket.
(b) In heaven.
(c) Under his bed.
(d) In a safe.

3. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what news can Thomas not bring himself to tell Grandma about her father?
(a) He was killed in the bombing.
(b) He commited suicide.
(c) He left his wife to die in the flames.
(d) He was collaborating with the Nazis.

4. What does Grandma learn to become a real American?
(a) Idioms.
(b) State capitals.
(c) Baseball players.
(d) The National Anthem.

5. Where in Brooklyn does Abe Black live?
(a) Park Slope.
(b) Williamsburg.
(c) Crown Heights.
(d) Coney Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are talking when he begins losing the ability to speak?

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

3. Where do Anna and Thomas first make love in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

4. What stylistically is noticeable about this chapter, Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. What is the first business that Oskar consults about the key in Googolplex?

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