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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. 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) 2.
(d) 9.

2. Michael tells Noah that the cracked cell phone in his possession belongs to whom?
(a) Cody.
(b) Victor.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Amber.

3. What is the title of the form Noah tries to present to custom officials while Michael is in his care?
(a) The Bestowal of Custody Rights form.
(b) The Waiving of Temporary Custody form.
(c) The Designation of Person in Parental Relationship form.
(d) The Designation of Guardian form.

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

5. In what year did Joan meet her best friend Vivienne in first grade at "their tony New York girls' school" (16)?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1956.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the subject of the book Noah buys at the airport bookstore?

3. Under what type of tree did Noah and Fernande scatter Victor's ashes?

4. What facial expression does Noah display just before Chapter I: The Call ends?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 1: The Call that Noah will turn how old the following Monday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way is the home visit scene in Chapter II: Twenty Questions an ironic one?

5. Why is Chapter II entitled Twenty Questions and what is the title's significance?

6. Describe the photographs that are included alongside the novel's epigraph.

7. For what reason did Noah and Joan refrain from having children?

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

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

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

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