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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. Why is Lyle sad all of the time?
(a) His boyfriend has moved to London.
(b) He is heavily in debt.
(c) He and his boyfriend have broken up.
(d) He is homesick and hates New York.

2. From the story's context, when must Charlie have died?
(a) Before the year 2000.
(b) In the year 2003.
(c) In the year 2000.
(d) Shortly after the September 11th attack.

3. When Lucien is in the gallery imagining that he is with Charlie, what does he promise her?
(a) He will find another apartment for Nathaniel.
(b) He will put more energy into the gallery.
(c) He will find another woman to love and be happy again.
(d) He will try to think more kindly about Rose and Isaac.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nathaniel's job in the narrative present?

2. To what does Nathaniel compare the sight of Manhattan from Matsumoto's loft?

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

4. What does Nathaniel say history teaches us?

5. What does Nathaniel do with his spare time that his parents find worrisome?

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