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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 51 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Piranesi and the Other often meet?
(a) The Second South-Western Hall.
(b) The Thirty-Third North-Eastern Hall.
(c) The Ninety-Second South-Western Hall.
(d) The Vestibule with the fox statues.

2. What kind of bird comes to the South-Western Halls in Part I?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) An albatross.
(d) A crow.

3. Why does Piranesi think the Other has asked him about Batter-Sea?
(a) He thinks it might be where he was born.
(b) He thinks it is where the Other was born.
(c) He thinks it means something important to the Other.
(d) He thinks it is a control question in his data-collecting.

4. Who is the Biscuit-Box Man?
(a) The person who takes Piranesi's vital signs every week.
(b) The person who lived with Piranesi in the former world.
(c) A skeleton that resides in the Third North-Western Hall.
(d) The person who delivers food for Piranesi.

5. What kinds of birds used the scraps of paper in their nests that Piranesi wants to put together to make a whole and be able to read?
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Albatrosses.
(c) Herring gulls.
(d) Crows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piranesi think the House originally may have intended the Folded-Up Child for?

2. What does Piranesi notice about the yellow leaf he sees on the waters in Part I?

3. What does Piranesi use to weigh down his note to Laurence in Part II?

4. What does Piranesi do to help the birds build their nest?

5. Why does the Other say the House does not affect him in the same way it affects Piranesi?

(see the answer key)

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