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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) The gates of Parliament.
(b) The World Trade Center towers.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The gates of the White House.

2. Where is Pino from?
(a) France.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Portugal.

3. Who visits Tillie in prison in Book 2, Chapter 7: "This is the House That Horse Built"?
(a) Jazzlyn.
(b) Ciaran.
(c) Corrigan.
(d) Lara.

4. What does the tag on the man's bag in front of Jaslyn at the airport say in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?
(a) "Judge Solomon Soderberg."
(b) "American Red Cross."
(c) "Doctors Without Borders."
(d) "Unicef."

5. From what college did Compton graduate?
(a) MIT.
(b) U.C. Davis.
(c) Yale University.
(d) L.S.U.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the walker rent an apartment in New York in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?

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

3. At what tension does the walker want the wire to be when attached to the World Trade Center towers?

4. How old was the narrator of Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here" when his mother died?

5. What buildings is the walker crossing between in the Prologue?

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