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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 118-148.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to cause Andrew Martin to stop liking his son?
(a) Gulliver got in a bad car wreck.
(b) Gulliver ran away from home.
(c) Gulliver was arrested for smoking pot.
(d) Gulliver was expelled from school for arson.

2. Where does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin’s psychological problems came from?
(a) A car accident.
(b) Lack of maternal love.
(c) Original sin.
(d) A childhood illness.

3. How long does Isobel say it has been since Andrew Martin liked Gulliver?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

4. Why does the narrator hang up on Andrew Martin’s mother?
(a) Because Isobel comes into the room with a question for him.
(b) Because he needs to talk to Gulliver about school.
(c) Because he is afraid she will see that he is not her son.
(d) Because there are no cosmic consequences if he does.

5. What music does the narrator play, when he feels lonely in the house?
(a) Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
(b) Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.
(c) Holst’s The Planets.
(d) Bizet’s Carmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What human food does the narrator discover he likes a lot?

2. What does the narrator say he feels when Isobel tells him that she does not know anything about his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?

3. What is the first step the narrator takes in killing Daniel Russell?

4. What is the narrator moved by at Daniel Russell’s funeral?

5. What does Ari compare prime numbers to?

(see the answer key)

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