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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 French expression does Oskar repeatedly use to refer to his mother?
(a) Bon vivante.
(b) D'est la vie.
(c) Raison d'etre.
(d) La vie en rose.

2. What give's Grandma meaning in life after September 11, 2001?
(a) The hope her son might be alive.
(b) Her son's widow's calls.
(c) Oskar's presence.
(d) The hope that her husband may return.

3. 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) No one.
(c) A customs official.
(d) A waiter.

4. Who wrote Oskar's favorite book?
(a) Stephen Hawking.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Honore de Balzac.
(d) Michael Crichton.

5. What is Thomas's response to Grandma's comment in Why I'm Not Where You Are that many babies will not be born because of 9/11?
(a) It is not so bad.
(b) Many more will be born because of it.
(c) He cannot think about tragedy anymore.
(d) That is unfathomable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does Oskar Schell tell Abby Black define her in The Only Animal?

2. What is the only object Thomas retrieves in the rubble of Dresden?

3. What object does Oskar discover when he enters Grandma's apartment in Alive and Alone?

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

5. What does Grandma say she wishes she could do near the end of My Feelings?

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