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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 5: "Tag".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main color paint that the subway taggers used to use, according to the narrator in Book 2, Chapter 5: "Tag"?
(a) Silver.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

2. What is described in Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down" as "the purest bodyflow [the walker] could get"?
(a) Running on the wire without a pole.
(b) Laying down on the wire.
(c) Crouching on the wire.
(d) Doing a handstand on the wire.

3. Where does Fernando work for his stepfather?
(a) At a cemetery.
(b) At a barber shop.
(c) At a bookstore.
(d) At a butcher shop.

4. In what year does Lara describe moving with Blaine to upstate New York in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1969.

5. What led to the narrator's mother's death in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Kidney cancer.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Ovarian cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of birds does the walker see a nest of in the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down"?

2. Where was Fernando when he saw his first tag underground?

3. What buildings is the walker crossing between in the Prologue?

4. Where does Fernando live?

5. What kind of music does Lara describe playing when the car accident occurs in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?

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