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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. Who gets the blue box program running through the PDP-10 in the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) Gareth.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Sam.
(d) Compton.

2. What is the name of Blaine's art film that featured him eating breakfast on the roof of the Clock Tower Building?
(a) Calypso.
(b) Olympus.
(c) Time.
(d) Antioch.

3. In what area do the "'Rican and Dominican" taggers hang out, according to the narrator in Book 2, Chapter 5: "Tag"?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) The Skyway.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) The Concourse.

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

5. From what narrative perspective is Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down" related?
(a) It is related from the first-person perspetive of Claire.
(b) It is related from the first-person perspective of the walker.
(c) It is related from a third-person narrator.
(d) It is related from the first-person perspective of Lara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What led to the narrator's mother's death in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

2. What odd habit does the walker adopt while living in the cabin and training in the meadow?

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

4. What does Lara say her father owned in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?

5. Who among the programmers served two tours in Vietnam in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What preparations for the World Trade Center stunt are described in Book 1, Chapter 4: “Let the Great World Spin Forever Down”?

2. What is the passion of the protagonist in Book 2, Chapter 5: “Tag”?

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

4. What is a “blue box” and how is it used in Book 2, Chapter 6: “Etherwest”?

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

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

7. Whom does Sam speak to on the phone in Book 2, Chapter 6: “Etherwest”? Whatd oes he learn from this character?

8. What event is taking place in Book 1, Chapter 2: “Miro, Miro on the Wall”?

9. Whom do the protagonists speak to first on the phone in Book 2, Chapter 6: “Etherwest”? What do they learn from this character?

10. What is the central conflict of Corrigan in Book One, Chapter 1: “All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here”?

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