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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 happened to Mina, whom John Leal encountered in the gulag?
(a) She moved to the United States.
(b) She killed herself.
(c) John Leal killed her.
(d) She died with her unborn child.

2. In what city does Phoebe grow up?
(a) Boston
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.

3. Who does Will imagine comes to Phoebe's side during the explosion?
(a) John Leal.
(b) Will's mother.
(c) Phoebe's father.
(d) Dean Pasch.

4. What lies across the river where John Leal is dropped off?
(a) South Korea.
(b) Mongolia.
(c) Russia.
(d) China.

5. What does Will see floating in a parade outside his dorm room in Chapter 4?
(a) A kite.
(b) A large infant puppet.
(c) A giant dog balloon.
(d) A hot air balloon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a composer whose work Phoebe practices?

2. Who is David Ling?

3. Who is the owner of Michelangelos's?

4. To what city did John Leal smuggle people?

5. What does Phoebe's father do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what city does John Leal end up after leaving Noxhurst?

2. What personal item of Phoebe's does John Leal look inside?

3. Who is Phoebe's Korean friend at Edwards?

4. From what building on Noxhurst does Will imagine the explosion being watched?

5. Where do Will and Phoebe reunite after their fight (in Chapter 13?)

6. In what year of college are Will and Phoebe?

7. What is the name of the club where Phoebe invites Will for a drink?

8. Why does the usual piano player at John Leal's not able to play on Phoebe's first evening at John Leal's house?

9. When did John Leal leave Noxhurst?

10. What is the name of the pregnant girl whom John Leal met in a gulag?

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