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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 7: "This is the House That Horse Built".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Blaine's art film that featured him eating breakfast on the roof of the Clock Tower Building?
(a) Antioch.
(b) Calypso.
(c) Olympus.
(d) Time.

2. Why are the programmers calling payphones in New York in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) To find out about train fare.
(b) To locate where the President is.
(c) To find out who has been following them.
(d) To find out the fate of the tightrope walker.

3. Who is the doorman at Claire's apartment building on the day of the women's gathering in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Melvyn.
(c) Walter.
(d) James.

4. From what narrative perspective is Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down" related?
(a) It is related from the first-person perspetive of Claire.
(b) It is related from the first-person perspective of the walker.
(c) It is related from a third-person narrator.
(d) It is related from the first-person perspective of Lara.

5. At what tension does the walker want the wire to be when attached to the World Trade Center towers?
(a) 4 tons.
(b) 2 tons.
(c) 5 tons.
(d) 3 tons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Claire Soderberg's husband's name?

2. Who was Tillie's first pimp in New York?

3. Who does Lara describe as her and Blaine's dealer in the Village in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?

4. How many rooms comprise the cabin by the meadow where the walker trains?

5. How old was Tillie when she first put on lipstick?

(see the answer key)

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