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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI: The Law of Closure and Chapter VII: "Nom de Guerre".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What town does Noah tell Michael has been "tossed back and forth between France and Italy for centuries" (71)?
(a) Padua.
(b) Nice.
(c) Rome.
(d) Cannes.

2. From what airport does Michael take his first-ever flight?
(a) O'Hare.
(b) LaGuardia.
(c) JFK.
(d) Houston.

3. What plan for the day does Michael veto in Chapter V: Neither Here nor There because he considers it childish?
(a) The ice skating rink.
(b) The zoo.
(c) The library.
(d) The museum.

4. How does Donoghue translate the phrase, "The Vielle Ville" (163)?
(a) Gentrified Nice.
(b) Old Nice.
(c) Downtown Nice.
(d) New Nice.

5. Noah tells Michael in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that he "spent most of [his] career working on" (68) what?
(a) Medications.
(b) Genomes.
(c) Polymers.
(d) Protons.

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

3. What is the last name of the social worker named Rosa who calls Noah on the phone in Chapter I: The Call?

4. In Chapter VI: "Nom de Guerre," Noah finds a statistic stating that what percent of drug cases in the United States are "based on information provided by informants" (240)?

5. The epigraph of the novel classifies the novel's title as which part of speech?

(see the answer key)

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