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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Farewell" through "Waiting".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucien believe is the reason that people like him did not see the September 11th attacks as a possibility?
(a) They were blind to the suffering and anger in the world.
(b) They were misled by governmental propaganda.
(c) They were taught to believe that bad things do not happen to good people.
(d) They thought that the world was already changing for the better.

2. What does Lucien end up saying to his assistant on page 8 when he wants to give her a piece of advice?
(a) "Don't worry."
(b) "Don't feel sad."
(c) "Don't bother about the phones."
(d) "Don't believe everything you hear."

3. What surprises Lucien about what happened after Charlies's death?
(a) His friends grew distant from him.
(b) He still wanted to have parties.
(c) His in-laws called him more often than before.
(d) He did not commit suicide.

4. Of all of the things that Nathaniel can see from Matsumoto's loft, which is most important to him?
(a) The Empire State Building.
(b) The Chrysler Building.
(c) The World Trade Center.
(d) The Statue of Liberty.

5. What made tears come into Nathaniel's eyes the first time he saw Matsumoto's loft?
(a) The art on the walls.
(b) The flat-screen television.
(c) The Jacuzzi in the bathroom.
(d) The view from the terrace.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whose point of view does the story end?

2. What is Lucien thinking of when he thinks about a "poison syrup" (34)?

3. On page 31, what word does the narrator use to describe the terror alert colors?

4. If he stays in the Midwest, what does Nathaniel suspect will be true about his life when he is eighty years old?

5. To what does Lucien compare the Earth on page 39?

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