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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The theory of relativity.
(c) A map of France.
(d) The periodic table.

2. 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) Haiku.
(b) Limericks.
(c) Villanelles.
(d) Couplets.

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

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

5. The narrator states in Chapter 1: The Call that Noah will turn how old the following Monday?
(a) 40.
(b) 80.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

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 is NOT a piece of advice Rosa gives to Noah about Michael as she leaves his apartment in Chapter II: Twenty Questions?

3. Vivienne is using her spare bedroom to house a family from which country?

4. What is the name of Michael's disabled uncle who is living in Queens with friends?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed to have been the cause of Joan's death in Chapter II: Twenty Questions?

2. For how many years has Noah been alone since losing his wife Joan and in what way does her presence still resonate with him?

3. To what phone call does the title of Chapter I: The Call refer?

4. How does Michael react when Noah asks him about the knife he brought to school one time?

5. How did Noah's wife Joan feel about traveling during her life?

6. In what way does Chapter I: The Call end on a hopeful note concerning Michael and Noah?

7. What does Rosa Figueroa name as the main danger if Noah were to refuse to house Michael?

8. For what purpose does Donoghue use a beanbag as a metaphor for Noah's treatment by his parents during his childhood?

9. Discuss two instances that stump Noah in terms of handling Michael.

10. In what way was Noah's mother Margot involved in her father Pere Sonne's photography career?

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