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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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 feel sad."
(b) "Don't believe everything you hear."
(c) "Don't worry."
(d) "Don't bother about the phones."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nathaniel meet Madison, Amity, and Lyle?

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

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

4. Besides their minimal rent, what task are Nathaniel and his roommates performing in exchange for a place to live?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rose and Issac.

2. What is the "Reunion" referred to in the title of the sixth section of the story?

3. What qualities does Nathaniel have that worry his parents?

4. What is the "View" that the third section of the story is titled for, and why is it special?

5. Explain the non-event that "Nathaniel Recalls the Miracle" is centered on.

6. What phrase makes Lucien think about the frog and the boiling water, and why?

7. Why did Nathaniel's friends come to live with him?

8. How does the "View" referred to in the third section of the story change in its significance for Nathaniel between his arrival in New York and the narrative present?

9. Where are Nathaniel and his friends, in the narrative present, and what are they doing?

10. What is the meaning of the title of the section of the story called "Innocence"?

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