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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. Under what type of tree did Noah and Fernande scatter Victor's ashes?
(a) Elm.
(b) Oak.
(c) Madrona.
(d) Cherry.

2. In what year did Noah's maternal grandfather die while living in France?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1944.

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

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

5. About what subject is Michael really asking when Noah thinks he is asking about Noah's late wife Joan?
(a) Sink.
(b) Phone.
(c) Wi-Fi.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years older than his late younger sister was Noah?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. The narrator reveals in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that Joan died of what cause?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. For what reason does Rosa enter Noah's New York City apartment in Chapter II: Twenty Questions?

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

9. What is the symbolism of the 9/11 poster featured in Chapter III: Takeoff Speed?

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

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