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

2. What weapon does Noah bring up when he asks Michael if he has anything sharp on his person at the airport?
(a) A chain.
(b) A knife.
(c) A letter opener.
(d) An arrow.

3. When Rosa calls to talk to Michael in Chapter III: Takeoff Speed, it is revealed that Rosa is the social worker for how many children?
(a) 36.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 90.

4. What is the subject of the poster about which Michael comments in Chapter III: Takeoff Speed?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) The Fourth of July.
(c) 9/11.
(d) The Columbine tragedy.

5. In what year did Joan meet her best friend Vivienne in first grade at "their tony New York girls' school" (16)?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Noah tells Vivienne in Chapter I: The Call that there are initials written on the backs of how many photographs within the mailer he found?

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

3. To what object does Donoghue compare Noah in terms of his parents' treatment of him during childhood?

4. What image on Noah's phone case does he explain to Michael as "a sort of family tree" (64)?

5. What is Michael's response when Noah asks him where he heard a conspiracy theory about the poster's subject?

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