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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. To what location do Noah and Michael go after they walk along the Promenade?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A museum.
(c) A public water fountain.
(d) A segue rental agency.

2. What is socca?
(a) A type of fish.
(b) A type of stationery.
(c) A type of hair product.
(d) A local dish made of chickpeas.

3. What types of calls are not allowed at the prison where Amber is incarcerated?
(a) Collect.
(b) Incoming.
(c) Unmonitored.
(d) Outgoing.

4. The narrator reveals that Noah's swim in the sea is very what?
(a) Relaxing.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Cold.
(d) Warm.

5. According to Noah, what group of people were responsible for building the promenade?
(a) Children.
(b) Prisoners of war.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Beggars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Inside what object are the letters in the tattoo on Michael's arm?

2. In Chapter IV: The Promenade, Noah wakes up from a dream about losing what objects?

3. What items does Michael find unacceptable on his pizza when it arrives near the end of Chapter V: Neither Here nor There?

4. Noah says that the average life expectancy when he was born was under what age?

5. What object does Noah use within an analogy while explaining DNA inheritance to Michael?

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

3. What do tourists symbolize within Chapter IV: The Promenade?

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

5. What holiday is taking place in Nice during Michael and Noah's time there and what mood does it lend to the narrative?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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