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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hours forward does Noah set his watch when he and Michael arrive in France?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

2. What was Noah's mother's name?
(a) Marie.
(b) Margot.
(c) Siobhan.
(d) Jeanette.

3. Noah thinks about the fact that which group of people "used to distinguish between senectus (still lively) and decrepitus (done for)" (12)?
(a) The Indian ascetics.
(b) The Buddhists.
(c) The Ottomans.
(d) The Ancient Romans.

4. To what location do Noah and Michael go during their first walk together?
(a) A cafe.
(b) Central Park.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) The Museum of Natural History.

5. Noah tells Michael that what fraction of Michael's ancestors came from France?
(a) Three-quarters.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-quarter.
(d) Two-fifths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which body part did Noah's father Marc lose within the first month of World War I?

2. Who tells Noah that it had likely been Victor who was responsible for the crime to which Amber confessed?

3. What weapon does Noah bring up when he asks Michael if he has anything sharp on his person at the airport?

4. What image on Noah's phone case does he explain to Michael as "a sort of family tree" (64)?

5. In what room in the house does Noah keep the last few boxes of his late sister's belongings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the book entitled Pere Sonne: A Life's Work featured in Chapter III: Takeoff Speed?

2. For what purpose does Donoghue use a beanbag as a metaphor for Noah's treatment by his parents during his childhood?

3. Describe the photographs that are included alongside the novel's epigraph.

4. In what setting does Chapter III: Takeoff Speed begin and what is revealed about Michael in this setting?

5. Why is Chapter II entitled Twenty Questions and what is the title's significance?

6. Explain the origins of the friendship between Joan and Vivienne.

7. In what way is the home visit scene in Chapter II: Twenty Questions an ironic one?

8. Discuss the possible significance of the novel's epigraph and name two themes that appear within its content.

9. In what way does Chapter I: The Call end on a hopeful note concerning Michael and Noah?

10. For what reason did Noah and Joan refrain from having children?

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