Odds Against Tomorrow Quiz

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What are Zukorminiums? (from Part One – The Futurist, pages 68 – 91)

Cheap condominiums built and sold by Mitchell’s father.

Cheap condominiums built and sold by Alec Charnoble as a second source of income.

Cheap condominiums built and sold by Mitchell’s mother.

Cheap condominiums built and sold by Mitchell as a second source of income.

Who is Elsa Bruner? (from Part One – Brugada)

A young woman with a fatal lung condition in one of Mitchell’s undergraduate classes.

A television journalist reporting on the Seattle Earthquake.

A young woman with a fatal heart condition in one of Mitchell’s undergraduate classes.

The instructor of the class in which Mitchell is sitting when the Seattle Earthquake strikes.

What does the narrator of Part One - Brugada suggest was Mitchell’s hobby, or recreation? (from Part One – Brugada)

Studying the causes and consequences of earthquakes.

Calculating the odds of Elsa’s death as a result of her disease.

Calculating the odds of a disaster happening.

Studying the medical records of his fellow students.

Mitchell’s actions in Part Two, Sternman can be seen as similar to the actions of which character, and why? (from Part Two – Sternman, pages 160 - 180)

Jane: in both characters, actions are defined by a determination to overcome fear of water.

Elsa: in both characters, actions are defined by a determination to overcome illness.

Elsa: in both characters, actions are defined by the courage to take risks.

Nybuster: in both characters, actions are defined by the courage to take risks.

What is the most likely reason that Future World’s clients want to speak with Mitchell in Part Three, Future Days? (from Part Three, Future Days – pages 201 - 229)

They see him as having been right about the flood that devastated New York, and believe he will be able to help them protect themselves from other disasters in the future.

They see him as more reliable than Charnoble, and want to set him up in his own company.

They see him as having been responsible for their businesses being destroyed, and want to express their anger at him.

They see him as having been right about the earthquake that devastated New York, and believe will be able to help them protect themselves from other disasters in the future.