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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Lara describe moving with Blaine to upstate New York in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1969.

2. For how long have Claire and her husband been married in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 31 years.
(d) 21 years.

3. Where is the bank upon which the narrator's father's checks are drawn that he sends to the narrator's mother in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?
(a) New York.
(b) Oxford.
(c) London.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. Who are described as the New York artists that had made a killing from going "back to the forties, living the lifestyle and the clothes" in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) William and Jennifer.
(b) Brett and Delaney.
(c) Janet and Tom.
(d) Agnes and Rob.

5. According to the narrator in Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down," the World Trade Center towers were designed to sway how much in a storm?
(a) 2 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 3 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most famous of the black-and-white art films that Blaine directed?

2. How frequently does the narrator's father send checks to his mother after leaving the family in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

3. In Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down," the narrator says, "In any work of beauty there had to be" what?

4. What is on the sign tacked inside the doorway of the cabin where the walker stays?

5. For how long have Lara and Blaine been married when they are involved in the car accident in the narrative?

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