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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. As Noah packs his belongings in Chapter 1: The Call, he is planning to leave for France in how many days?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What type of family heirlooms did Victor steal during Joan's funeral?
(a) Quilts.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Rare coins.
(d) Pieces of silverware.

3. The narrator reveals in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that Joan died of what cause?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A fall.

4. The epigraph of the novel classifies the novel's title as which part of speech?
(a) Preposition.
(b) Adjective.
(c) Verb.
(d) Noun.

5. About what subject is Michael really asking when Noah thinks he is asking about Noah's late wife Joan?
(a) Phone.
(b) Sink.
(c) Home.
(d) Wi-Fi.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first line of Chapter 1: The Call evokes the image of what kind of man "packing his bags" (12)?

2. Noah tells Michael in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that he "spent most of [his] career working on" (68) what?

3. To what city in France is Noah getting ready to travel in order to celebrate his birthday?

4. What is the title of the form Noah tries to present to custom officials while Michael is in his care?

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

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