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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 when he runs out of pages while talking to someone?
(a) Finds a fitting message on an earlier page.
(b) Writes on his arm.
(c) Scrawls out letters in the air with his finger.
(d) Walks way abruptly.

2. What nationality is the prisoner that writes Grandma as a girl?
(a) Cambodian.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Russian.
(d) Armenian.

3. What happens in Heavy Boots-Heavier Boots that starts A.R. Black's crying?
(a) Birds fly by his window.
(b) He stumps his toe.
(c) The lights go out in his apartment.
(d) A Neil Sedaka song comes on the radio.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How fast is the Sixth Borough drifting away from New York in the story?

2. Why does Oskar excuse himself to A.R. Black's bathroom in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?

3. How long does A.R. help in the search before giving up in Alive and Alone?

4. Who is the only character to attend every performance of Hamlet in Heavy Boots - Heavier Boots?

5. What does Grandma's life story consist of in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

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