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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. When the police helicopters begin to circle the walker in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change," the narrator says that "Together both helicopters sounded like" what?
(a) "Train tracks shuffling."
(b) "Ligaments clicking."
(c) "Corpses rising from the dead."
(d) "Beetles flying above."

2. What professionals fill the restaurant that Solomon regularly lunches at in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?
(a) Judges and lawyers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Stock brokers.

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) Stacey.
(d) Gloria.

4. What led to the narrator's mother's death in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Kidney cancer.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Ovarian cancer.

5. What does the walker use to unlock his handcuffs in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?
(a) A key.
(b) A paperclip.
(c) A soda lid.
(d) A hair pin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe "the fields of long grass around the shrinking meadow" in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?

2. How old was Tillie when she first began prostituting herself?

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

4. What time is it when the programmers call New York in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?

5. What is the name of Fernando's stepfather?

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