View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 10: "Centavos".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lara describe her mother in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) She was a sculptor.
(b) She was a Norweigan model.
(c) She was a college professor.
(d) She was a ballet dancer.

2. In what area do the "'Rican and Dominican" taggers hang out, according to the narrator in Book 2, Chapter 5: "Tag"?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) The Skyway.
(c) The Concourse.
(d) The Upper East Side.

3. At what tension does the walker want the wire to be when attached to the World Trade Center towers?
(a) 3 tons.
(b) 2 tons.
(c) 4 tons.
(d) 5 tons.

4. How old is Fernando when he attempts to see the photo editor of the New York Times?
(a) 14.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

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 didn't like the idea of why."
(c) "He asked himself why a thousand times."
(d) "He thought why was too abstract."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in her apartment does Claire keep hidden cigarettes in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?

2. What word refers to a tightrope walker?

3. How far is Lara and Blaine's cabin upstate from New York City?

4. What does Corrigan lock himself onto on every anniversary of Hiroshima, according to the narrator in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

5. How old is Corrigan when he first goes out and gives a blanket to a homeless man in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 284 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample