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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) 14.
(b) 4.
(c) 24.
(d) 34.

3. Noah tells Michael on the way to the convenience store in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that his late dog Mendeleev had been what breed?
(a) Malamute.
(b) Shih tzu.
(c) Schnauzer.
(d) Bichon frise.

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

5. What is Michael's response when Noah asks him where he heard a conspiracy theory about the poster's subject?
(a) His friends.
(b) Facebook.
(c) Snapchat.
(d) TikTok.

6. The novel entitled Akin includes an epigraph consisting of how many definitions of the word 'akin'?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

7. In what room in the house does Noah keep the last few boxes of his late sister's belongings?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The conservatory.
(c) The den.
(d) The spare room.

8. To what location do Noah and Michael go during their first walk together?
(a) Central Park.
(b) A cafe.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) The Museum of Natural History.

9. What image on Noah's phone case does he explain to Michael as "a sort of family tree" (64)?
(a) A recipe for hot chocolate.
(b) A map of France.
(c) The periodic table.
(d) The theory of relativity.

10. Noah tells Michael that what fraction of Michael's ancestors came from France?
(a) One-half.
(b) Two-fifths.
(c) One-quarter.
(d) Three-quarters.

11. What was Fernande's husband's name?
(a) Dan.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Drew.
(d) Art.

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

13. What is the subject of the book Noah buys at the airport bookstore?
(a) Ansel Adams's work.
(b) Salvador Dali's work.
(c) Pere Sonne's work.
(d) Man Ray's work.

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

15. What name does Michael call Noah at the pizza parlor when Noah will not buy him a Coke?
(a) Motherfucker.
(b) Dickhead.
(c) Daddy Warbucks.
(d) Richie Rich.

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

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?

4. What was Noah's mother's name?

5. 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?

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