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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. Where is Adelita from?
(a) Guatemala.
(b) Haiti.
(c) The Philippines.
(d) Puerto Rico.

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

3. Of the walker, the narrator says in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change," "He thought of himself sometimes as a man who wanted to" what?
(a) "Fly."
(b) "Fall."
(c) "Hate himself."
(d) "Dance with destiny."

4. Where in her apartment does Claire keep hidden cigarettes in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?
(a) The piano bench.
(b) The foyer stoop.
(c) The kitchen cabinet.
(d) The bathroom cabinet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Solomon go to eat lunch in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?

2. Who is the first person who answers the payphone and relates information to Compton in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?

3. 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?

4. About how old was Corrigan when he began getting drunk, according to the narrator in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

5. Where does the narrator describe the tightrope walker performing before his World Trade Center stunt in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?

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