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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Context" through "Continuity".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Miss Meuller's comment, on page 22, that Lucien is a "naughty boy"?
(a) Gleeful.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Condescending.
(d) Flirtatious.

2. What does Lucien think about himself and his friends, in the wake of the September 11 attacks?
(a) They should pay more attention to their friends and families.
(b) They have been self-absorbed.
(c) They make the world worse just by living in it.
(d) They will never recover.

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

4. What later part of the narrative is Lucien tied to when, on pages 16-17, the narrator says that "It's as if he's got some part that's simply worn out and needs replacing"?
(a) The argument between Amity and Madison.
(b) The discussion of Nathaniel's parents' immigration.
(c) The description of 9/11.
(d) The discussion of superpowers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Lucien compare old age?

3. What is Passivityman?

4. What does Amity tell Nathaniel is happening to Passivityman?

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

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