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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 was Noah's father's name?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Geoffrey.
(c) Marc.
(d) Michael.

2. The first line of Chapter 1: The Call evokes the image of what kind of man "packing his bags" (12)?
(a) Old.
(b) Sad.
(c) Tall.
(d) Excited.

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) Richie Rich.
(d) Motherfucker.

4. 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) Bichon frise.
(b) Malamute.
(c) Schnauzer.
(d) Shih tzu.

5. Noah assumes that which character had taken the photographs he finds in Chapter 1: The Call?
(a) His sister.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city does Noah currently live?

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

4. How many years had Noah and his father Marc been apart before Margot sent Noah to New York City to live with Marc?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the book entitled Pere Sonne: A Life's Work featured in Chapter III: Takeoff Speed?

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

3. Which photograph within the biography puts off a distinct sense of danger and why?

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

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

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

7. What plan emerges that requires Michael to apply for an expedited passport?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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