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

2. 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.

3. What was Noah's mother's name?
(a) Margot.
(b) Siobhan.
(c) Marie.
(d) Jeanette.

4. 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.

5. By what name does Noah refer to his French grandfather, the artist?
(a) Pere Mardi.
(b) Pere Mari.
(c) Pere Sonne.
(d) Pere Soleil.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many photographs are included in the text prior to Chapter I: The Call?

4. How many hours forward does Noah set his watch when he and Michael arrive in France?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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