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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) A miniature city from his childhood train set.
(b) The circuit board of a computer.
(c) A glass of champagne.
(d) Van Gogh's Starry Night.

2. Where did Nathaniel meet Madison, Amity, and Lyle?
(a) At a bar near Matsumoto's loft.
(b) In high school.
(c) In college.
(d) At his first job in New York.

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

4. What is Nathaniel's job in the narrative present?
(a) He works in the New York subway's architecture department.
(b) He works on the floor of the New York Stock exchange.
(c) He is a bartender at a bar near Matsumoto's loft.
(d) He works as a building manager for Matsumoto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lucien is in the gallery imagining that he is with Charlie, what does he promise her?

2. What does Isaac do for a living?

3. After Charlie became ill, what did Lucien feel was happening to the world?

4. What does Lucien end up saying to his assistant on page 8 when he wants to give her a piece of advice?

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

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