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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II: Twenty Questions and Chapter III: Takeoff Speed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first line of Chapter 1: The Call evokes the image of what kind of man "packing his bags" (12)?
(a) Old.
(b) Tall.
(c) Excited.
(d) Sad.

2. What is the name of Noah's younger sister?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Fannie.
(c) Francesca.
(d) Fernande.

3. To what object does Donoghue compare Noah in terms of his parents' treatment of him during childhood?
(a) A beanbag.
(b) A frisbee.
(c) A hula hoop.
(d) A champagne flute.

4. One of the three objects Noah keeps within Chapter 1: The Call is a sheaf of what kind of poetry written by his younger sister on Thanksgiving of 2002?
(a) Couplets.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Limericks.
(d) Villanelles.

5. The narrator reveals in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that Joan died of what cause?
(a) A fall.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Influenza.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Noah gets ready one February day to travel to a particular city in France, he reflects that he has not been there since what age?

2. From what airport does Michael take his first-ever flight?

3. What was Fernande's husband's name?

4. Michael tells Noah that he heard the poster's subject had been orchestrated by whom?

5. What language(s) did Noah speak upon his arrival in the United States at age four?

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