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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV: The Promenade and Chapter V: Neither Here nor There.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city do Noah and Michael have a very short layover before going on to Nice?
(a) Olso.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Rome.

2. Noah's mother died in July of which year, the month before the date written on the mailer Noah finds?
(a) 1992.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1983.

3. What was Noah's father's name?
(a) Michael.
(b) Geoffrey.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Marc.

4. What language(s) did Noah speak upon his arrival in the United States at age four?
(a) French and Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) French and English.

5. How many photographs are included in the text prior to Chapter I: The Call?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator reveals in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that Joan died of what cause?

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

4. What is a tourist's job during a "Bataille des Fleurs," (155) according to Noah?

5. What is the subject of the poster about which Michael comments in Chapter III: Takeoff Speed?

(see the answer key)

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