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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does the walker begin his tightrope cross in the Prologue?
(a) 7:15 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 7:47 a.m.
(d) 8:15 a.m.

2. 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) 5 feet.
(b) 2 feet.
(c) 3 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

3. What car are Lara and Blaine driving when the car accident takes place?
(a) A 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse.
(b) A 1998 Ford Explorer.
(c) A 1939 Rolls Royce.
(d) A 1927 Pontiac Landau.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Who gets the blue box program running through the PDP-10 in the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?

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

4. 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"?

5. What areas of the subways does Fernando consider to be "virgin territory" for taggers?

(see the answer key)

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