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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 Lucien end up saying to his assistant on page 8 when he wants to give her a piece of advice?
(a) "Don't bother about the phones."
(b) "Don't believe everything you hear."
(c) "Don't feel sad."
(d) "Don't worry."

2. To what does Lucien compare the Earth on page 39?
(a) A basketball.
(b) A sponge.
(c) A chess piece.
(d) A marble.

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

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

5. What is the president talking about when Lucien sees him on television?
(a) Putting weapons in space.
(b) Banning immigration from Muslim countries.
(c) The bombing of Baghdad.
(d) The Patriot Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Nathaniel's memory of Charlie and Lucien's visit, how does he characterize the interactions among the adults?

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

3. What is Lucien thinking of when he thinks about a "poison syrup" (34)?

4. To what does Lucien compare old age?

5. How did Delphine learn English?

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