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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) There are not enough skulls.
(c) Many do not have access to the play.
(d) Half the world are women.

2. On the verge of losing everything in Dresden, what does Thomas imagine nourishing the trees as he walks down a road?
(a) Books.
(b) Tears.
(c) Hope.
(d) Blood.

3. What question does Oskar ask his mother about Ron in Googolplex?
(a) If she is sleeping with him.
(b) If he is Jewish.
(c) If his father knew him.
(d) If she loves him.

4. What adjective does Oskar Schell use to describe September 11, 2001?
(a) Smoky.
(b) Sad.
(c) Long.
(d) Worst.

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) Paperweights.
(b) Lining for birdcages.
(c) Doorstops.
(d) Donations to schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a function Oskar Schell imagines for his talking teapot in What The?

2. Where in New York is the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are when he meets his future wife?

3. Who wrote Oskar's favorite book?

4. How many messages from his father does Oskar Schell find on his family's answering machine in What The?

5. What is the last word that the narrator of Why I'm Not Where You Are is able to speak?

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