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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II: Twenty Questions and Chapter III: Takeoff Speed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city do Noah and Michael have a very short layover before going on to Nice?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Olso.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

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

3. By what name does Noah refer to his French grandfather, the artist?
(a) Pere Sonne.
(b) Pere Mari.
(c) Pere Mardi.
(d) Pere Soleil.

4. Noah tells Michael in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that he has never "had more than" (57) how many cigarettes per day?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

5. Noah tells Michael in Chapter II: Twenty Questions that Pere Sonne's real name was what?
(a) Pere Lachaise.
(b) Audrey Tatou.
(c) Pierre Personnet.
(d) Michel Foucault.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the three objects Noah keeps within Chapter 1: The Call is a sheaf of what kind of poetry written by his younger sister on Thanksgiving of 2002?

2. To what object does Donoghue compare Noah in terms of his parents' treatment of him during childhood?

3. What is NOT a piece of advice Rosa gives to Noah about Michael as she leaves his apartment in Chapter II: Twenty Questions?

4. Which body part did Noah's father Marc lose within the first month of World War I?

5. For how many years has Joan been deceased by the narrative present?

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