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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 160-256.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Yale wonders what he would do if he saw Julian, what does he decide he would do?
(a) He would collapse.
(b) He would run the other way.
(c) He would punch Julian in the face.
(d) He would cry on Julian.

2. The two people who fund the authentication of Nora's works are related in what way?
(a) They are friends.
(b) They are former lovers.
(c) They are business partners.
(d) They are married.

3. In what American city does the novel take place?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Seattle.

4. A work by which artist is said to hang "outside the bathroom" (164) at Corinne's house?
(a) Warhol.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Dali.
(d) Basquiat.

5. Whom does Yale go to visit in the hospital when he returns home to find someone missing?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Richard.
(c) Terrence.
(d) Julian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile does Makkai use in order to indicate how fast Fiona leaves Richard's studio?

2. Which friend of Fiona's helps Fiona to search Paris for her daughter?

3. Who shows Yale and his companions the boxes of artwork in Nora's collection?

4. How are Nico and Fiona related?

5. How many miles away from the wake are most of Nico's family members congregating?

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