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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 5: "Tag".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Claire Soderberg in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?
(a) 62.
(b) 59.
(c) 52.
(d) 39.

2. 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) Oxford.
(b) London.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

3. Who describes the tightrope walker when she arrives at Claire's apartment in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?
(a) Alice.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Stacey.

4. How high up is the tightrope walker described in the Prologue as he crossed the Twin Towers?
(a) 110 stories high.
(b) 96 stories high.
(c) 123 stories high.
(d) 50 stories high.

5. What odd habit does the walker adopt while living in the cabin and training in the meadow?
(a) Climbing onto the roof to sleep at night.
(b) Wearing sunglasses 24 hours a day.
(c) Sleeping during the daytime and training at night.
(d) Going in and out of windows instead of the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the walker jumps into the snow from his wire at the meadow in Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down"?

2. Where does the narrator describe the house he grew up in, in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

3. What does Lara say her father owned in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?

4. How does Lara describe her mother in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?

5. 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"?

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