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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. 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 collect the rent from Matsumoto's other tenants.
(c) They take care of Matsumoto's cats.
(d) They sort through and forward Matsumoto's mail.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucien end up saying to his assistant on page 8 when he wants to give her a piece of advice?

2. After Charlie became ill, what did Lucien feel was happening to the world?

3. Of all of the things that Nathaniel can see from Matsumoto's loft, which is most important to him?

4. To what does Nathaniel compare the sight of Manhattan from Matsumoto's loft?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. Describe Rose and Issac.

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

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

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

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

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

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