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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. What does the interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness call for at the end of his story?
(a) Foreign aid to his country.
(b) The end of war.
(c) The prosecution of Harry Truman.
(d) The rise of the revolutionary workers.

2. Which of the following questions is not one that Oskar asks himself as he imagines a 9/11 type scenario in Alive and Alone?
(a) Will he see it coming?
(b) Would he jump or burn to death?
(c) What would he say to the last person he called?
(d) Who would he call?

3. Where in New York is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are when he meets his future wife?
(a) 59th and Lexington.
(b) The Columbian Bakery.
(c) The Manhattan Bridge.
(d) Central Park.

4. What do the guard, Grandma's uncle, and the killer in My Feelings have in common?
(a) Neither believe in god.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They have both lost wives.
(d) They are both bald.

5. According to Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are, what increased in number as he and Grandma's marriage developed?
(a) Kisses.
(b) Fears.
(c) Rules.
(d) Regrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is something that Oskar determines he will not be fore starting his quest on The Only Animal?

2. How many messages from his father does Oskar Schell find on his family's answering machine in What The?

3. What event does interviewee at the beginning of Happiness, Happiness describe?

4. What is the last thing that the narrator writes to the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. Why has Oskar never met his grandfather?

(see the answer key)

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