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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 is a tourist's job during a "Bataille des Fleurs," (155) according to Noah?
(a) To catch.
(b) To paint.
(c) To fall.
(d) To throw.

2. Noah begins to suspect in earnest in Chapter IV: The Promenade that the man with the cane in one of Margot's photographs had been her what?
(a) Lover.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Father.
(d) Boss.

3. What is the Carnival parade called in Nice?
(a) The Belle Sauvage.
(b) The Clouseau.
(c) The Corso.
(d) The Lepin.

4. What does the first letter in Michael's tattoo stand for, as revealed in Chapter VI: The Law of Closure?
(a) Fat.
(b) Failure.
(c) Family.
(d) Fragment.

5. The reader is reminded in Chapter V: Neither Here nor There that Noah and Michael's trip is how many days in length?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Noah describes Michael as having what kind of expression after Noah's DNA analogy explanation?

3. 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?

4. What method does Michael eventually use in France in order to communicate with his mother Amber?

5. In Chapter V: Neither Here nor There, Michael admits to what problem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. To what objects does Noah compare a biological mother and father in his DNA explanation to Michael?

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

6. What is Michael's first purchase with the ten euros he receives from Noah and how does Noah feel about the purchase?

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

8. What is the significance of the title of Chapter V: Neither Here nor There?

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

10. What detail does Noah tell Michael about Miss Sprule's discipline of him during his childhood?

(see the answer keys)

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