2. What object does Noah use within an analogy while explaining DNA inheritance to Michael?
(a) A top.
(b) A pack of cards.
(c) A bottle cap.
(d) A yo-yo.

3. Noah says that in France, residents of hotels leave what item at the front desk when they go out?
(a) Wallet.
(b) Room key.
(c) Credit cards.
(d) Cash.

4. Out of which pocket does Michael pull the chip he shows to Noah?
(a) His shirt pocket.
(b) His sportcoat pocket.
(c) His pants pocket.
(d) His jacket pocket.

5. Michael looks up the Bastille Day massacre on his phone and announces that how many people were killed that day?
(a) 49.
(b) 115.
(c) 24.
(d) 85.

Short Answer Questions

1. Noah points out to Michael the value of having whose DNA?

2. The spending money Noah gives Michael in Chapter V: Neither Here nor There comes to about how many U.S. dollars?

3. When Noah looks up the "notorious area" of Brooklyn where Michael had lived, he finds the average life expectancy to be what age?

4. Noah tells Michael that the Promenade in Nice was named by what group of people when they paid for it to be built?

5. What food do Michael and Noah eat just before they go to the circus at the end of Chapter VI: The Law of Closure?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the difference between Noah's outward reaction and his inward reaction to the revelation that Michael has a tattoo.

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

3. Near the end of Chapter V: Neither Here nor There, what action does Noah think about taking once he returns home to New York City and why?

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

5. What is the symbolism of the maroon chip in Michael's pocket?

6. 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?

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

8. In what way does Noah model an optimistic attitude within Chapter VI: The Law of Closure?

9. What belief does Noah come to have about Victor by the end of Chapter VII: "Nom de Guerre"?

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

(see the answer keys)

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