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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I'm Not Where You Are (9/11/03).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Grandma in Why I'm Not Where You Are, why did Thomas, Jr. take over the jewelry store?
(a) He wanted to be like his father.
(b) He wanted to get into the diamond business.
(c) He wanted to make money.
(d) He had no other talents.

2. What becomes difficult for childhood friends in The Sixth Borough?
(a) Singing in harmony.
(b) Playing catch between the boroughs.
(c) Talking on a tin-can phone.
(d) Tossing a paper airplane back and forth.

3. How is a famous landmark moved from the Sixth Borough to Manhattan?
(a) It is carried across the six Staten Island Ferries.
(b) It is dragged by large hooks.
(c) It is lifted by helicoptors.
(d) It is driven by a thousand pickup trucks.

4. What is the last thing that the narrator writes to the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Help.
(b) Ha ha ha.
(c) No, thank you.
(d) I love you.

5. What does Oskar think is "grody" about the story of The Sixth Borough?
(a) The idea of a person swimming in the Hudson.
(b) The idea of a boy pulling off a girl's skirt.
(c) The idea of a dog farting.
(d) The idea of two boys kissing each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is tattooed on Thomas's right palm when Grandma sees him in Manhattan in My Feelings?

2. In The Only Animal, what does Oskar say elephants may have?

3. What role does Oskar play in Hamlet?

4. Which two career paths does Allen Black imagine for his son in Happiness, Happiness?

5. Why has Oskar never met his grandfather?

(see the answer key)

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