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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter I: The Call.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Noah assumes that which character had taken the photographs he finds in Chapter 1: The Call?
(a) His sister.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His mother.
(d) His cousin.

2. What was Noah's father's name?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Marc.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Michael.

3. Who tells Noah that it had likely been Victor who was responsible for the crime to which Amber confessed?
(a) Vivienne.
(b) Rose.
(c) Cody.
(d) Joan.

4. The novel entitled Akin includes an epigraph consisting of how many definitions of the word 'akin'?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. How long before the narrative present did Noah's younger sister die?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 9 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Noah thinks about the fact that which group of people "used to distinguish between senectus (still lively) and decrepitus (done for)" (12)?

2. From what location does the novel's protagonist, Noah, hear his wife Joan speaking in Chapter 1: The Call?

3. 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?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 1: The Call that Noah will turn how old the following Monday?

5. Noah and Joan were married for "not-quite" (13) how many years before her death?

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