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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I'm Not Where You Are (5/21/63).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a function Oskar Schell imagines for his talking teapot in What The?
(a) Recites Hamlet.
(b) Sings Yellow Submarine.
(c) Speaks like his father.
(d) Sounds like a train.

2. To whom is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are writing?
(a) His dead wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) Himself.
(d) His unborn son.

3. What advice does Thomas give Grandma regarding her memoir in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Publish it.
(c) Keep it secret.
(d) Never stop working on it.

4. How does Oskar Schell meet Gerald Thompson in What The?
(a) Gerald is directing the school performance of Hamlet.
(b) Gerald drives the limo to his father's funeral.
(c) Gerald is his Sensei in jujitsu class.
(d) Gerald is dating his mother.

5. Which of the following functions is not one that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are uses his old books for?
(a) Lining for birdcages.
(b) Paperweights.
(c) Doorstops.
(d) Donations to schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Thomas in Why I'm Not Where You Are, what increased in number as he and Grandma's marriage developed?

2. What request does the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are make of the narrator?

3. Which of the following is the first word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are loses?

4. Where do Anna and Thomas first make love in Why I'm Not Where You Are?

5. Who wrote Oskar's favorite book?

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