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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What made tears come into Nathaniel's eyes the first time he saw Matsumoto's loft?
(a) The art on the walls.
(b) The Jacuzzi in the bathroom.
(c) The view from the terrace.
(d) The flat-screen television.

3. Which character works for Itami Systems?
(a) Matsumoto.
(b) Madison.
(c) Lyle.
(d) Lucien.

4. Of all of the things that Nathaniel can see from Matsumoto's loft, which is most important to him?
(a) The Empire State Building.
(b) The Chrysler Building.
(c) The World Trade Center.
(d) The Statue of Liberty.

5. To what does Nathaniel compare the sight of Manhattan from Matsumoto's loft?
(a) The circuit board of a computer.
(b) A glass of champagne.
(c) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(d) A miniature city from his childhood train set.

6. 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.

7. What is Nathaniel's job in the narrative present?
(a) He works in the New York subway's architecture department.
(b) He is a bartender at a bar near Matsumoto's loft.
(c) He works on the floor of the New York Stock exchange.
(d) He works as a building manager for Matsumoto.

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

9. Which of the possible consequences of a global computer failure that Nathaniel mentions could be considered foreshadowing?
(a) The idea that widespread food shortages might occur.
(b) The idea that airplanes might lose their guidance systems and crash.
(c) The idea that hospitals might not be able to monitor patients.
(d) The idea that people might be trapped in high-rise elevators.

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

11. How are Nathaniel and Lucien related?
(a) Nathaniel is Lucian's cousin's son.
(b) Nathaniel is Lucien's brother's son.
(c) Nathaniel is Lucian's son-in-law.
(d) Nathaniel is Lucien's nephew by marriage.

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

13. Besides their minimal rent, what task are Nathaniel and his roommates performing in exchange for a place to live?
(a) They are repainting the loft.
(b) They sort through and forward Matsumoto's mail.
(c) They collect the rent from Matsumoto's other tenants.
(d) They take care of Matsumoto's cats.

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

15. What do Rose and Isaac ask Lucien to do when he calls Nathaniel after Nathaniel arrives in New York?
(a) Find Nathaniel a place to live.
(b) Not tell Nathaniel that they asked Lucien to call.
(c) Get Nathaniel a job.
(d) Tell Nathaniel to go back home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Lucien is in the gallery imagining that he is with Charlie, what does he promise her?

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

4. To whom does Nathaniel imagine telling the story of the Y2K computer issue?

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

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