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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. Who is the assistant D.A. in Solomon's courtroom in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?
(a) Michael Anderson.
(b) Paul Concrombie.
(c) Mark Williams.
(d) James Liveberg.

2. Solomon Soderberg perceives New York as a city that is uninterested in what, according to the narrator in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?
(a) Love.
(b) Crime.
(c) America.
(d) History.

3. What profession does the narrator of Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here" say his father held?
(a) He was a physicist.
(b) He was a banker.
(c) He was a butcher.
(d) He was a barber.

4. Why are the programmers calling payphones in New York in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) To find out who has been following them.
(b) To locate where the President is.
(c) To find out the fate of the tightrope walker.
(d) To find out about train fare.

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 thought why was too abstract."
(d) "He asked himself why a thousand times."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lara say her father owned in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?

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

3. From what narrative perspective is Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down" related?

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. Who describes the tightrope walker when she arrives at Claire's apartment in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?

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