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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fiona tells her seatmate on the plane that she is planning to seek out which of her family members?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. Which friend of Fiona's helps Fiona to search Paris for her daughter?
(a) Ranko.
(b) Serge.
(c) Teddy.
(d) Julian.

3. Sketches by which artist are the pieces that Nora most wants to donate to the Briggs Gallery?
(a) Armand DeVille.
(b) Ranko Novak.
(c) Sam Francis.
(d) John Coplins.

4. For what purpose are most of Nico's family members congregating at the start of the novel?
(a) To go on vacation.
(b) For a housewarming party.
(c) For a birthday party.
(d) For Nico's funeral.

5. Fiona believes that her daughter Claire is skilled in what area?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) The arts.
(c) Emotional intelligence.
(d) Common sense.

6. To whom had the object in Fiona's dream belonged in real life?
(a) Jake.
(b) Nico.
(c) Nora.
(d) Charlie.

7. How old was Nico when his parents cut him off completely?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

8. In what year does the narrative of the The Great Believers begin its story?
(a) 2011
(b) 2002.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1985.

9. Besides Fiona, who was the only other member of Nico's family to embrace him throughout his life?
(a) Nico's grandfather.
(b) Nico's mother.
(c) Nico's great-aunt Nora.
(d) Nico's great-uncle Roger.

10. The other person in Fiona's dream pulls an object from what location?
(a) His pocket.
(b) His briefcase.
(c) His shoe.
(d) Out of thin air.

11. To whom are the travelers paying a visit once they reach Wisconsin?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Arnaud.
(c) Terrence.
(d) Nora.

12. Whom does Yale go to visit in the hospital when he returns home to find someone missing?
(a) Julian.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Terrence.
(d) Richard.

13. The two people who fund the authentication of Nora's works are related in what way?
(a) They are business partners.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They are married.
(d) They are former lovers.

14. In addition to his boss, whom does Yale bring with him when he travels to see Nora again?
(a) Cecily.
(b) Roman.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Richard.

15. What is the name of Yale's boss?
(a) Frank.
(b) Bill.
(c) Stan.
(d) Esme.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what type of location had Yale met his boyfriend in 1985?

2. Who is Yale's new intern?

3. In 1985, who drives to Wisconsin?

4. When Yale gets home from the dinner with Charlie's staff, who is not home?

5. When Arnaud shows Fiona the photographs he had taken, which person does she recognize?

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