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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Farewell" through "Waiting".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the phrase "when the sky fell" refer to, on page 30?
(a) The September 11th attack on the World Trade Center.
(b) The death of Nathaniel's Aunt Charlie.
(c) The day that Nathaniel found out that Matsumoto was returning to New York.
(d) The bombing of Baghdad at the beginning of the Iraq War.

2. What does Nathaniel ask Delphine more than once not to do?
(a) Use the word "you" to include him in America's actions.
(b) Say that she "must" leave the United States.
(c) Tell him about what other countries are saying about America.
(d) Refuse to date him because of his citizenship.

3. What does Isaac do for a living?
(a) He is a rabbi.
(b) He repairs cars.
(c) He makes vacuum cleaners.
(d) He owns a deli.

4. On page 35, to what do Lucien's overseas friends compare the United States's actions after 9/11?
(a) "A big science fiction horror movie."
(b) "Bit of paper blown by a powerful fan."
(c) "An inexhaustible geyser."
(d) "A sheet of flame."

5. What is Russell's business relationship to Amity?
(a) He is her book agent.
(b) He is an employee of her P.R. firm.
(c) He is her lawyer.
(d) He works with her at the stock exchange.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nathaniel meet Delphine?

2. How does the narrator characterize Miss Meuller's comment, on page 22, that Lucien is a "naughty boy"?

3. What does Lucien think New Yorkers look like as they hurry along the streets in the months after 9/11?

4. What does Lucien notice about the reasons given for the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq?

5. To what does Lucien compare old age?

(see the answer key)

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