View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lara say her father owned in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) An internet startup.
(c) A bank.
(d) An automobile empire.

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

3. How does Lara describe her mother in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) She was a college professor.
(b) She was a Norweigan model.
(c) She was a ballet dancer.
(d) She was a sculptor.

4. How old is Blaine when the car accident occurs?
(a) 28.
(b) 32.
(c) 36.
(d) 19.

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

6. 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?
(a) 10 feet.
(b) 3 feet.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 2 feet.

7. 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 fox.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A jackal.
(d) A mountain lion.

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

9. What is the main color paint that the subway taggers used to use, according to the narrator in Book 2, Chapter 5: "Tag"?
(a) Blue.
(b) Silver.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

10. What is Claire Soderberg's husband's name?
(a) Solomon.
(b) James.
(c) Blaine.
(d) Andrew.

11. What is on the sign tacked inside the doorway of the cabin where the walker stays?
(a) "Yesterday is Gone."
(b) "Tomorrow Never Comes."
(c) "Nobody Falls Halfway."
(d) "Every Day is Today."

12. 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) $50.
(b) $15.
(c) $100.
(d) $5.

13. How old is Fernando when he attempts to see the photo editor of the New York Times?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

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

15. Who are described as the New York artists that had made a killing from going "back to the forties, living the lifestyle and the clothes" in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) Brett and Delaney.
(b) Janet and Tom.
(c) Agnes and Rob.
(d) William and Jennifer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long does the narrator say Gareth has been programming in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?

3. What profession does the narrator of Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here" say his father held?

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

5. What is described in Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down" as "the purest bodyflow [the walker] could get"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 548 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample