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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 49th and Lexington.
(b) 12th and Broadway.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Harlem.

2. Where did Gloria grow up?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Tennessee.

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

4. What do Adelita's children call Corrigan?
(a) Uncle C.
(b) Corrie.
(c) Cor.
(d) Regan.

5. What are the names of Adelita's children?
(a) Sarah and James.
(b) Eliana and Jacobo.
(c) Marcia and Gloria.
(d) Walter and Andrew.

6. Where did Jaslyn purchase the photograph of the tightrope walker in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) New York City.

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

8. What day of the week is it in Adelita's memory of awakening with Corrigan in Book 3, Chapter 10: "Centavos"?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Thursday.

9. 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) Love.
(b) Crime.
(c) America.
(d) History.

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

11. Who is the man that said he was grooming Tillie when she was thirteen?
(a) Fine.
(b) Mick.
(c) Jackson.
(d) TuKwik.

12. What do Pino and Jaslyn drink during their flight in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?
(a) Coca Cola.
(b) Red wine.
(c) Whiskey sours.
(d) Gin and tonics.

13. What excuse does Gloria give Claire for not staying behind at her apartment in Book 3, Chapter 11: "All Hail and Hallelujah"?
(a) She says she has a choir meeting at church.
(b) She says she has to pick her husband up from work.
(c) She says she has to attend an AA meeting.
(d) She says she has to get her kids from school.

14. What is Tillie's last name in the novel?
(a) Smith.
(b) Roseberg.
(c) Henderson.
(d) Andrews.

15. Where is Adelita from?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) The Philippines.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. How does the walker exit the tightrope in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?

3. Where does Solomon go to eat lunch in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?

4. Whose is the first case that Judge Soderberg hears after lunch in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?

5. Where does the narrator describe "the fields of long grass around the shrinking meadow" in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?

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