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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. Where did Nathaniel live before he moved to New York?
(a) The Southwest.
(b) California.
(c) The Midwest.
(d) Minnesota.

2. After Charlie became ill, what did Lucien feel was happening to the world?
(a) It was all turning into paper.
(b) It was melting away into nothing.
(c) It was shattering like broken glass.
(d) It was burning down around him.

3. What does Nathaniel suggest that people might be desperate enough to burn in the wake of a global computer failure?
(a) Their designer clothing and shoes.
(b) Their old issues of the New York Review.
(c) Their children's elementary school artwork.
(d) Stacks of money.

4. What does Nathaniel say history teaches us?
(a) There are too many variables for humans to be effective at thinking ahead.
(b) Systems and institutions favor the powerful by their very nature.
(c) Great people rise to prominence regardless of their circumstances.
(d) If we do not study the past, we will inevitably repeat unhelpful patterns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From the story's context, when must Charlie have died?

2. What made tears come into Nathaniel's eyes the first time he saw Matsumoto's loft?

3. Besides their minimal rent, what task are Nathaniel and his roommates performing in exchange for a place to live?

4. What is Russell's business relationship to Amity?

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

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