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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what area of New York are Sam and his fellow programmers calling in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) The Upper West Side.
(b) Wall Street.
(c) The Upper East Side.
(d) Greenwich Village.

2. In Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down," the narrator says, "In any work of beauty there had to be" what?
(a) "A feeling of hope derived from within."
(b) "One small thread left hanging."
(c) "A sense of genius."
(d) "One visible second of clarity."

3. How much does Fernando consider to be "serious money" that the girl got for getting a photo on the cover of the Village Voice?
(a) $15.
(b) $100.
(c) $50.
(d) $5.

4. What animal appears and playfully jumps under the walker's wire in Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down"?
(a) A jackal.
(b) A mountain lion.
(c) A fox.
(d) A coyote.

5. How long does it take the walker and his friends to set up the cable the night before his stunt at the World Trade Center towers?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

6. Where does Compton tell the person on the payphone that he is calling from in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Oxford, Mississippi.
(c) The Upper East Side.
(d) Palo Alto, California.

7. Who gets the blue box program running through the PDP-10 in the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) Gareth.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Sam.
(d) Compton.

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

9. Who does Lara describe as her and Blaine's dealer in the Village in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) TuKwik.
(b) Billy Lee.
(c) Jack.
(d) Andy.

10. What led to the narrator's mother's death in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Ovarian cancer.
(d) Kidney cancer.

11. Where does the narrator describe the house he grew up in, in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?
(a) Sandymount.
(b) Westminister.
(c) Southdowns.
(d) Greenwich Village.

12. 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"?
(a) 9 or 10.
(b) 12 or 13.
(c) 19 or 20.
(d) 15 or 16.

13. What odd habit does the walker adopt while living in the cabin and training in the meadow?
(a) Wearing sunglasses 24 hours a day.
(b) Sleeping during the daytime and training at night.
(c) Climbing onto the roof to sleep at night.
(d) Going in and out of windows instead of the door.

14. For how long does the narrator say Gareth has been programming in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

15. What religion was Claire raised in?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Southern Baptist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of music does Lara describe playing when the car accident occurs in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?

2. How much money did Claire send to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s church in Atlanta after he was shot?

3. In what year does Lara describe moving with Blaine to upstate New York in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?

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

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

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