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

2. The narrator states in Chapter 1: The Call that Noah will turn how old the following Monday?
(a) 60.
(b) 70.
(c) 80.
(d) 40.

3. For how many months has Noah been retired by the opening of the narrative?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

4. In what room in the house does Noah keep the last few boxes of his late sister's belongings?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The conservatory.
(c) The den.
(d) The spare room.

5. Noah and Joan were married for "not-quite" (13) how many years before her death?
(a) 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. What facial expression does Noah display just before Chapter I: The Call ends?

2. The epigraph of the novel classifies the novel's title as which part of speech?

3. What type of family heirlooms did Victor steal during Joan's funeral?

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

5. In what year did Noah's maternal grandfather die while living in France?

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