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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 10: "Centavos".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose is the first case that Judge Soderberg hears after lunch in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?
(a) Corrigan and Ciaran's case.
(b) Gloria and Claire's case.
(c) The tightrope walker's case.
(d) Tillie and Jazzlyn's case.

2. How does the narrator describe the walker's relationship to "why" in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?
(a) "He asked himself why a thousand times."
(b) "He thought why was too abstract."
(c) "He would never tell them why."
(d) "He didn't like the idea of why."

3. How many years of training has the walker had as he trains in the meadow?
(a) 2 years of training.
(b) 10 years of training.
(c) 6 years of training.
(d) 1 year of training.

4. In what area do the "'Rican and Dominican" taggers hang out, according to the narrator in Book 2, Chapter 5: "Tag"?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) The Concourse.
(c) The Skyway.
(d) Greenwich Village.

5. What are described in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts" as the "Two pillars of salt" that New York sees looking over its shoulder?
(a) Brooklyn and Queens.
(b) New Jersey and Massachusetts.
(c) Long Island and New Jersey.
(d) Cleveland and Brooklyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who visits Tillie in prison in Book 2, Chapter 7: "This is the House That Horse Built"?

3. What are the names of Adelita's children?

4. At what tension does the walker want the wire to be when attached to the World Trade Center towers?

5. What is the profession of Claire's husband in the novel?

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