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

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

3. Who is the first person who answers the payphone and relates information to Compton in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) Michael.
(b) Richard.
(c) Jose.
(d) Jimmy.

4. How high up is the tightrope walker described in the Prologue as he crossed the Twin Towers?
(a) 110 stories high.
(b) 50 stories high.
(c) 96 stories high.
(d) 123 stories high.

5. 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) "A sense of genius."
(c) "One small thread left hanging."
(d) "A feeling of hope derived from within."

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here" says that one of the many things he and his brother Corrigan loved about their mother was what?

2. How much money did Claire send to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s church in Atlanta after he was shot?

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

4. Where does the narrator describe the house he grew up in, in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the narrator of Book 1, Chapter 2: “Miro, Miro on the Wall”? Who is the protagonist in this chapter?

5. What is the central conflict faced by the protagonist in Book 1, Chapter 2: “Miro, Miro on the Wall”?

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

7. From what narrative perspective is Book One, Chapter 1: “All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here” related? Who is the focus of this chapter?

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

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

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

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