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Chapter I: The Call

1. The novel entitled Akin includes an epigraph consisting of how many definitions of the word 'akin'?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. The epigraph of the novel classifies the novel's title as which part of speech?
(a) Adjective.
(b) Noun.
(c) Verb.
(d) Preposition.

3. How many photographs are included in the text prior to Chapter I: The Call?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

4. The first line of Chapter 1: The Call evokes the image of what kind of man "packing his bags" (12)?
(a) Old.
(b) Tall.
(c) Excited.
(d) Sad.

5. From what location does the novel's protagonist, Noah, hear his wife Joan speaking in Chapter 1: The Call?
(a) From inside his mind.
(b) From the pool area.
(c) From the back garden.
(d) From the kitchen.

6. The narrator states in Chapter 1: The Call that Noah will turn how old the following Monday?
(a) 70.
(b) 60.
(c) 40.
(d) 80.

7. Noah thinks about the fact that which group of people "used to distinguish between senectus (still lively) and decrepitus (done for)" (12)?
(a) The Indian ascetics.
(b) The Ancient Romans.
(c) The Buddhists.
(d) The Ottomans.

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