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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. What image on Noah's phone case does he explain to Michael as "a sort of family tree" (64)?
(a) The theory of relativity.
(b) A recipe for hot chocolate.
(c) A map of France.
(d) The periodic table.

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

3. Noah thinks about the fact that which group of people "used to distinguish between senectus (still lively) and decrepitus (done for)" (12)?
(a) The Ancient Romans.
(b) The Buddhists.
(c) The Indian ascetics.
(d) The Ottomans.

4. To what city in France is Noah getting ready to travel in order to celebrate his birthday?
(a) Paris.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Cannes.
(d) Nice.

5. How many years older than his late younger sister was Noah?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Noah tells Michael in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that he has never "had more than" (57) how many cigarettes per day?

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

3. What image is on the front of the journal Noah buys for Michael at the airport bookstore?

4. What name does Michael call Noah at the pizza parlor when Noah will not buy him a Coke?

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

(see the answer key)

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