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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. 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) Greenwich Village.
(b) Sandymount.
(c) Southdowns.
(d) Westminister.

4. What U.S. President do the hackers almost get onto the line at the White House in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) George Bush.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

5. Where does Claire say she grew up in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Florida.
(d) Missouri.

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

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

8. Where did the narrator of Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here" grow up?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Southern Missouri.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Dublin, Ireland .

9. What areas of the subways does Fernando consider to be "virgin territory" for taggers?
(a) The ceilings.
(b) The windows.
(c) The walls.
(d) The doors.

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

11. Who is the oldest of the computer programmers in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) Compton.
(b) Gareth.
(c) Sam.
(d) Dennis.

12. What type of birds does the walker see a nest of in the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down"?
(a) Golden eagles.
(b) Scrub-jays.
(c) Pidgeons.
(d) Red-tailed hawks.

13. How old is Lara when she is in the accident that kills Corrigan and Jazzlyn?
(a) 19.
(b) 28.
(c) 24.
(d) 32.

14. How old is Sam in the novel?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 22.
(d) 31.

15. From what narrative perspective is Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down" related?
(a) It is related from the first-person perspective of Lara.
(b) It is related from the first-person perspetive of Claire.
(c) It is related from the first-person perspective of the walker.
(d) It is related from a third-person narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Fernando when he attempts to see the photo editor of the New York Times?

2. Who is the woman that answers in New York when Sam calls in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?

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

4. Who gets the blue box program running through the PDP-10 in the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?

5. What is Fernando's first thought when he sees the cops in the subway?

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