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

2. How many photographs are included in the text prior to Chapter I: The Call?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

3. From what location does the novel's protagonist, Noah, hear his wife Joan speaking in Chapter 1: The Call?
(a) From the pool area.
(b) From inside his mind.
(c) From the kitchen.
(d) From the back garden.

4. To how many years of prison was Amber sentenced when she took a plea?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. 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) Haiku.
(b) Villanelles.
(c) Limericks.
(d) Couplets.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years has Joan been deceased by the narrative present?

2. 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?

3. For how many months has Noah been retired by the opening of the narrative?

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

5. In what year did Joan meet her best friend Vivienne in first grade at "their tony New York girls' school" (16)?

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