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

2. Vivienne is using her spare bedroom to house a family from which country?
(a) Yemen.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Syria.
(d) Somalia.

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

4. Michael tells Noah that the cracked cell phone in his possession belongs to whom?
(a) Amber.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Victor.
(d) Cody.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT a piece of advice Rosa gives to Noah about Michael as she leaves his apartment in Chapter II: Twenty Questions?

3. By what name does Noah refer to his French grandfather, the artist?

4. From what airport does Michael take his first-ever flight?

5. How long before the narrative present did Noah's younger sister die?

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