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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. How old was Tillie when she first began prostituting herself?
(a) 19.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

2. What type of birds does the walker see a nest of in the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down"?
(a) Golden eagles.
(b) Red-tailed hawks.
(c) Scrub-jays.
(d) Pidgeons.

3. Where did the narrator of Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here" grow up?
(a) Dublin, Ireland .
(b) Los Angeles, California.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Southern Missouri.

4. Where does Solomon go to eat lunch in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?
(a) The Waldorf Hotel.
(b) Jack's.
(c) Harry's.
(d) The St. Regent Hotel.

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) Long Island and New Jersey.
(c) Cleveland and Brooklyn.
(d) New Jersey and Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main color paint that the subway taggers used to use, according to the narrator in Book 2, Chapter 5: "Tag"?

2. How old is Claire Soderberg in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?

3. What is Adelita's profession?

4. What musician does Tillie describe on the radio when she and Jazzlyn were arrested?

5. Where is the dinner party where the walker tells all of the male guests he can guess their birthdate in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?

(see the answer key)

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