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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does Noah currently live?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Boston.

2. What is the subject of the poster about which Michael comments in Chapter III: Takeoff Speed?
(a) The Fourth of July.
(b) 9/11.
(c) The Columbine tragedy.
(d) Memorial Day.

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) Villanelles.
(c) Haiku.
(d) Limericks.

4. From what location does the novel's protagonist, Noah, hear his wife Joan speaking in Chapter 1: The Call?
(a) From the back garden.
(b) From inside his mind.
(c) From the pool area.
(d) From the kitchen.

5. Who else accompanies Michael and Noah as they enter Noah's apartment together for the first time?
(a) Rosa.
(b) Lucas.
(c) Victor.
(d) Amber.

6. What is NOT a piece of advice Rosa gives to Noah about Michael as she leaves his apartment in Chapter II: Twenty Questions?
(a) Ensure that he feels safe.
(b) Keep listening.
(c) Keep trying.
(d) Leave him alone.

7. By what name does Noah refer to his French grandfather, the artist?
(a) Pere Mari.
(b) Pere Soleil.
(c) Pere Sonne.
(d) Pere Mardi.

8. Noah tells Vivienne in Chapter I: The Call that there are initials written on the backs of how many photographs within the mailer he found?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

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

10. What is the name of Noah's younger sister?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Fannie.
(c) Fernande.
(d) Francesca.

11. What object previously owned by Pere Sonne does Michael show interest in during Chapter II: Twenty Questions?
(a) A painting.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A wind-up bird.
(d) A wind-up robot.

12. How long before the narrative present did Noah's younger sister die?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

13. Noah talks to Michael about the photograph depicting Joan with which politician?
(a) Mitt Romney.
(b) Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) Barack Obama.

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

15. Noah tells Michael in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that Pere Sonne's real name was what?
(a) Pere Lachaise.
(b) Michel Foucault.
(c) Pierre Personnet.
(d) Audrey Tatou.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Noah that it had likely been Victor who was responsible for the crime to which Amber confessed?

2. What image on Noah's phone case does he explain to Michael as "a sort of family tree" (64)?

3. The novel entitled Akin includes an epigraph consisting of how many definitions of the word 'akin'?

4. What name does Michael call Noah at the pizza parlor when Noah will not buy him a Coke?

5. About what subject is Michael really asking when Noah thinks he is asking about Noah's late wife Joan?

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