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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 is the only color that Oskar will wear?
(a) Orange.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

2. How does Thomas burn the skin off his hands in Why I'm Not Where You Are?
(a) He grabs hold of a smothering corpse.
(b) He falls into a pubble of burning fuel.
(c) He touches a hot doorknob.
(d) He runs through a curtain of fire.

3. What idea does Grandma have for her and Thomas's relationship in My Feelings?
(a) They should live in the airport.
(b) They should never see each other again.
(c) They should return to Dresden.
(d) They should only live together half the year.

4. What request does the woman in Why I'm Not Where You Are make of the narrator?
(a) That he marry her.
(b) That he buy her a coffee.
(c) That he kiss her.
(d) That he smile for her.

5. Whose hand does Oskar squeeze on his way to the top of the Empire State Building in Alive and Alone?
(a) Ruth Black's.
(b) A.R. Black's.
(c) Thomas Schell, Sr.'s.
(d) Grandma's.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Oskar agree to see Dr. Fein in Happiness, Happiness?

3. What does Oskar decide to do in the final moment of Alive and Alone?

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

5. Which of the following is not a word that Oskar thinks would have been on his father's file card?

(see the answer key)

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