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

2. What imagery is employed in the conclusion of Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?
(a) "The sounds of crickets overtook the air."
(b) "All was silence and petulance."
(c) "All was red and blue and wail."
(d) "All was white and blue and screaming."

3. Who describes the tightrope walker when she arrives at Claire's apartment in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Stacey.
(d) Alice.

4. How high up is the tightrope walker described in the Prologue as he crossed the Twin Towers?
(a) 123 stories high.
(b) 96 stories high.
(c) 50 stories high.
(d) 110 stories high.

5. What sound is described as overtaking all sounds to the walker in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?
(a) His heartbeat.
(b) Birds squawking.
(c) Sirens.
(d) Whistling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons has Gloria lost in the Vietnam War?

2. At what time does the walker begin his tightrope cross in the Prologue?

3. What are the names of Adelita's children?

4. What is Claire Soderberg's husband's name?

5. What does the narrator describe as Corrigan's central theme in life in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

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