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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. Who gives Coco's number to Noah in Chapter VI: The Law of Closure?
(a) Monsieur Benoit.
(b) Madame Dupont.
(c) Vivienne.
(d) Michael.

2. When Noah looks up the average life expectancy across New York City, he finds that it is what age?
(a) 81.
(b) 71.
(c) 75.
(d) 91.

3. Noah tells Michael that the Promenade in Nice was named by what group of people when they paid for it to be built?
(a) White visitors.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) Centuries of tourists.
(d) Marie Antoinette's court.

4. How many euros does Noah give Michael in spending money in Chapter V: Neither Here nor There?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

5. Noah says that his father Marc died at what age?
(a) 73.
(b) 81.
(c) 92.
(d) 79.

Short Answer Questions

1. The reader is reminded in Chapter V: Neither Here Nor There that Noah will turn 80 on what day of the week while in France?

2. Michael tells Noah in Chapter IV: The Promenade that cash for food lasted how many weeks "max" (126) each month while his grandmother was alive?

3. According to Noah, what group of people were responsible for building the promenade?

4. What color is the sobriety chip Victor gave Michael prior to his death?

5. What plan for the day does Michael veto in Chapter V: Neither Here nor There because he considers it childish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tattoo does Michael have on the inside of his arm and what is its significance?

2. For what reason does Noah lie to Michael in Chapter VI: The Law of Closure?

3. Discuss an instance when Noah accepts and applies advice from the voice of his late wife Joan in Chapter V: Neither Here nor There.

4. For what reason does Noah think "ruefully" (180) of the fostering pamphlet in Chapter V: Neither Here nor There?

5. What two revelations are made about the initials MZ within Chapter VII: "Nom de Guerre"?

6. What results does Noah unearth when he searches for the average life expectancy of a person in Michael's Brooklyn neighborhood?

7. What important realization does Noah make about Margot's photograph of a small boy in Chapter IV: The Promenade and to what conclusion does he then jump?

8. What distinction does Noah make between his father Marc's DNA and his mother Margot's DNA?

9. How does Noah react when Michael asks him how long Noah is going to live?

10. In what way does Joan's voice act as a voice of reason throughout the text?

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