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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. Noah's mother died in July of which year, the month before the date written on the mailer Noah finds?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1983.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1992.

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

3. What type of family heirlooms did Victor steal during Joan's funeral?
(a) Rare coins.
(b) Pieces of silverware.
(c) Quilts.
(d) Photographs.

4. What name does Michael call Noah at the pizza parlor when Noah will not buy him a Coke?
(a) Richie Rich.
(b) Daddy Warbucks.
(c) Dickhead.
(d) Motherfucker.

5. To what object does Donoghue compare Noah in terms of his parents' treatment of him during childhood?
(a) A champagne flute.
(b) A frisbee.
(c) A beanbag.
(d) A hula hoop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Noah tells Vivienne in Chapter I: The Call that there are initials written on the backs of how many photographs within the mailer he found?

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

3. The first line of Chapter 1: The Call evokes the image of what kind of man "packing his bags" (12)?

4. Noah assumes that which character had taken the photographs he finds in Chapter 1: The Call?

5. What weapon does Noah bring up when he asks Michael if he has anything sharp on his person at the airport?

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