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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far is Lara and Blaine's cabin upstate from New York City?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Two and a half hours.
(c) An hour and a half.
(d) Two hours.

2. What does Lara describe in the backseat of her car when the accident happened in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) Bags of heroin.
(b) Paintings.
(c) A baby.
(d) Sculptures.

3. In Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down," the narrator says, "In any work of beauty there had to be" what?
(a) "One visible second of clarity."
(b) "One small thread left hanging."
(c) "A sense of genius."
(d) "A feeling of hope derived from within."

4. What is described in Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down" as "the purest bodyflow [the walker] could get"?
(a) Running on the wire without a pole.
(b) Crouching on the wire.
(c) Laying down on the wire.
(d) Doing a handstand on the wire.

5. How many rooms comprise the cabin by the meadow where the walker trains?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what neighborhood is Fernando when he hears the cops in the subway in Book 2, Chapter 5: "Tag"?

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

3. Where does Fernando live?

4. How many sons has Gloria lost in the Vietnam War?

5. What is Claire Soderberg's husband's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed in the end of Book 1, Chapter 3: “A Fear of Love”?

2. From what narrative perspective is the Prologue related? Who is the focus of this section of the book?

3. How is the meadow described in Book 1, Chapter 4: “Let the Great World Spin Forever Down”?

4. How would you describe the narrative style of Book 1, Chapter 4: “Let the Great World Spin Forever Down”?

5. How is the concept of “genius” defined in Book 2, Chapter 5: “Tag”?

6. What are the two main settings of Book One, Chapter 1: “All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here”? How are these settings compared?

7. How would you describe the narrative style and focus of Book 2, Chapter 5: “Tag”?

8. How does the narrator describe the process of writing code in Book 2, Chapter 6: “Etherwest”?

9. What does Marcia describe when she arrives in Book 1, Chapter 2: “Miro, Miro on the Wall”? Why is Marcia’s story significant?

10. What brings Lara to the hospital in Book 1, Chapter 3: “A Fear of Love”? What does she discover at the hospital?

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