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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 narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are do with the notebook that has "ha ha ha!" in it?
(a) He gives it to a homeless man.
(b) He reads it to himself before bed every night.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He frames it.

2. Which of the following is not evidence cited by Thomas Schell, Jr. of these existence of the Sixth Borough?
(a) A placard found on the bottom of the Hudson.
(b) Two names carved on a tree.
(c) Holes in the Central Park Zoo.
(d) The pH levels of the reservoir,

3. What is the only object Thomas retrieves in the rubble of Dresden?
(a) His rifle.
(b) His favorit tie.
(c) His typewriter.
(d) His copy of Ovid's Metamorphosis.

4. Where is Mom when Oskar falls asleep on the night of September 11, 2001?
(a) Sitting next to him.
(b) Hanging posters around town.
(c) Sedated in her bedroom.
(d) At ground zero.

5. Why is the coffin that Oskar and his mother bury in What The? empty?
(a) Oskar's father requested this.
(b) Oskar's father has been cremated.
(c) Oskar's body is being held by the police.
(d) Oskar's father's body was never found.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oskar Schell meet Gerald Thompson in What The?

2. What noises do the students make at the end of Oskar's presentation in Happiness, Happiness?

3. What is the last thing Grandma says to Oskar in My Feelings?

4. How does Thomas Schell, Sr., describe his son's voice on the September 11th messages?

5. What happens in Heavy Boots-Heavier Boots that starts A.R. Black's crying?

(see the answer key)

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