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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 barber.
(b) He was a banker.
(c) He was a physicist.
(d) He was a butcher.

2. In what neighborhood is Fernando when he hears the cops in the subway in Book 2, Chapter 5: "Tag"?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) SoHo.
(d) Wall Street.

3. How old is Corrigan when he first goes out and gives a blanket to a homeless man in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 16.

4. Where in her apartment does Claire keep hidden cigarettes in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?
(a) The bathroom cabinet.
(b) The kitchen cabinet.
(c) The piano bench.
(d) The foyer stoop.

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

6. Who among the programmers served two tours in Vietnam in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) Dennis.
(b) Gareth.
(c) Compton.
(d) Sam.

7. How old is Claire Soderberg in Book 1, Chapter 2: "Miro, Miro on the Wall"?
(a) 52.
(b) 59.
(c) 39.
(d) 62.

8. What is the name of Fernando's stepfather?
(a) Irwin.
(b) Jack.
(c) William.
(d) Jeremy.

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

10. What is Fernando's first thought when he sees the cops in the subway?
(a) He thinks there's been a murder.
(b) He thinks there has been a terrorist attack.
(c) He thinks it must be a tightrope walker.
(d) He thinks they are coming for him.

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

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

13. What buildings is the walker crossing between in the Prologue?
(a) The Portland Towers.
(b) The Sears Tower and the Chrysler Building.
(c) The World Trade Center Towers.
(d) The Empire State Building and Federal Hall.

14. At what tension does the walker want the wire to be when attached to the World Trade Center towers?
(a) 3 tons.
(b) 5 tons.
(c) 4 tons.
(d) 2 tons.

15. How old was the narrator of Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here" when his mother died?
(a) 12.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down," the World Trade Center towers were designed to sway how much in a storm?

2. The narrator of Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here" says that one of the many things he and his brother Corrigan loved about their mother was what?

3. Where was Fernando when he saw his first tag underground?

4. Sam says in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest" that he's been hanging out at the institute since he was how old?

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

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