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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beautiful and True.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What continent, according to Thomas Schell, Jr. is now the home of the Sixth Borough?
(a) Antarctica.
(b) Europe.
(c) South America.
(d) Australia.

2. In Why I'm Not Where You Are, what does Thomas Schell, Sr., wonder about his doppelgangers?
(a) If they are lonely.
(b) If they have made the same mistakes as he.
(c) If they know they are doppelgangers.
(d) If they are in America.

3. Who did the killer in My Feelings murder?
(a) A policeman.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) A store clerk.

4. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are talking when he begins losing the ability to speak?
(a) His brother.
(b) A customs official.
(c) A waiter.
(d) No one.

5. What logical reason does Oskar give for everyone in the world not being able to play Hamlet at the same time?
(a) No one could play the other roles.
(b) Many do not have access to the play.
(c) Half the world are women.
(d) There are not enough skulls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black in The Only Animal?

2. What does Abby Black refuse to do for Oskar in The Only Animal?

3. What does Oskar think is "grody" about the story of The Sixth Borough?

4. How does Thomas find Anna shortly before the bombing in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. What give's Grandma meaning in life after September 11, 2001?

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