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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Nathaniel Recalls the Miracle" through "Home.".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Nathaniel compare the sight of Manhattan from Matsumoto's loft?
(a) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(b) A miniature city from his childhood train set.
(c) The circuit board of a computer.
(d) A glass of champagne.

2. What does Nathaniel say that ceremonial occasions remind us about?
(a) That life is unpredictable.
(b) That time only moves in one direction.
(c) That we should love one another.
(d) That ideas are bigger than any one person.

3. Which of the possible consequences of a global computer failure that Nathaniel mentions could be considered foreshadowing?
(a) The idea that people might be trapped in high-rise elevators.
(b) The idea that airplanes might lose their guidance systems and crash.
(c) The idea that widespread food shortages might occur.
(d) The idea that hospitals might not be able to monitor patients.

4. What does Nathaniel do with his spare time that his parents find worrisome?
(a) Skateboards.
(b) Goes rock climbing.
(c) Sings in a band.
(d) Draws comics.

5. What ridiculous detail does Nathaniel give in his description of the last months of 1999?
(a) Businesses desperately trying to teach their staffs how to do math without computerized cash registers.
(b) Cults announcing that aliens would come to Earth at midnight on New Year's Eve.
(c) Celebrity clairvoyants making wild predictions in the tabloids.
(d) Preppers sealing their families into shelters underground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nathaniel suggest that people might be desperate enough to burn in the wake of a global computer failure?

2. What do Rose and Isaac ask Lucien to do when he calls Nathaniel after Nathaniel arrives in New York?

3. Where did Nathaniel meet Madison, Amity, and Lyle?

4. Why is Lyle sad all of the time?

5. What is the name of Lucien's assistant?

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