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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Gloria when her father suffered a mild heart attack?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

2. Where did Adelita first see Corrigan?
(a) At a funeral.
(b) At a nursing home.
(c) At Catholic Mass.
(d) At a diner.

3. How many brothers did Gloria have growing up?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. How does Adelita describe her home in Book 3, Chapter 10: "Centavos"?
(a) A tenement.
(b) A shotgun house.
(c) A penhouse.
(d) A clapboard house.

5. Where did Solomon Soderberg attend law school?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Princeton University.

6. Where does the narrator describe the tightrope walker performing before his World Trade Center stunt in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?
(a) Prospect Park.
(b) Central Park.
(c) Washington Square Park.
(d) Wall Street.

7. Where is Solomon dropped off in a cab for work in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?
(a) 3000 Union Square.
(b) 1212 Broadway.
(c) 100 Centre Street.
(d) 2014 Park Avenue.

8. What does Tillie describe as the "best stroll" she worked as a prostitute in Book 2, Chapter 7: "This is the House That Horse Built"?
(a) 12th and Broadway.
(b) 49th and Lexington.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Greenwich Village.

9. When the police helicopters begin to circle the walker in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change," the narrator says that "Together both helicopters sounded like" what?
(a) "Ligaments clicking."
(b) "Train tracks shuffling."
(c) "Beetles flying above."
(d) "Corpses rising from the dead."

10. How old is Tillie in Book 2, Chapter 7: "This is the House That Horse Built"?
(a) 62.
(b) 29.
(c) 38.
(d) 54.

11. Who is Jaslyn's adoptive mother following her mother's death?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Tillie.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Claire.

12. Where does Pino say he's just moved in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Brooklyn.

13. Solomon Soderberg perceives New York as a city that is uninterested in what, according to the narrator in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?
(a) Crime.
(b) America.
(c) Love.
(d) History.

14. What is the feeling the walker feels immediately after exiting the tightrope in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Ecstatic.
(c) Thirsty.
(d) Grief-stricken.

15. To whom did Gloria's mother sell the slave exchange slip that belonged to her grandmother?
(a) An Englishman.
(b) A museum curator.
(c) A wealthy doctor.
(d) A Yale professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Tillie born?

2. What do Adelita's children call Corrigan?

3. In what borough of New York does Adelita live?

4. Where did Jaslyn purchase the photograph of the tightrope walker in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?

5. Near what city did Adelita's husband die?

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