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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Michael doing when Noah wakes up suddenly in Chapter IV: The Promenade?
(a) Taking a picture of Noah.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Making breakfast.
(d) Playing games on his phone.

2. What method does Michael eventually use in France in order to communicate with his mother Amber?
(a) Telegram.
(b) Letter.
(c) Postcard.
(d) Email.

3. When Noah looks up the "notorious area" of Brooklyn where Michael had lived, he finds the average life expectancy to be what age?
(a) 74.
(b) 70.
(c) 79.
(d) 65.

4. Noah says that the average life expectancy when he was born was under what age?
(a) 80.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 70.

5. What does the first letter in Michael's tattoo stand for, as revealed in Chapter VI: The Law of Closure?
(a) Failure.
(b) Family.
(c) Fragment.
(d) Fat.

6. How does Donoghue translate the phrase, "The Vielle Ville" (163)?
(a) Gentrified Nice.
(b) Old Nice.
(c) New Nice.
(d) Downtown Nice.

7. What plan for the day does Michael veto in Chapter V: Neither Here nor There because he considers it childish?
(a) The museum.
(b) The ice skating rink.
(c) The library.
(d) The zoo.

8. Noah tells Michael that the Promenade in Nice was named by what group of people when they paid for it to be built?
(a) Centuries of tourists.
(b) White visitors.
(c) Marie Antoinette's court.
(d) The Spanish.

9. To what location do Noah and Michael go after they walk along the Promenade?
(a) A museum.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A public water fountain.
(d) A segue rental agency.

10. What object does Noah use within an analogy while explaining DNA inheritance to Michael?
(a) A pack of cards.
(b) A top.
(c) A yo-yo.
(d) A bottle cap.

11. Who gives Coco's number to Noah in Chapter VI: The Law of Closure?
(a) Vivienne.
(b) Michael.
(c) Monsieur Benoit.
(d) Madame Dupont.

12. Noah points out to Michael the value of having whose DNA?
(a) Margot's.
(b) Pere Sonne's.
(c) Amber's.
(d) Marc's.

13. Monsieur Benoit tells Noah in Chapter VII: "Nom de Guerre" that the initials MZ likely belong to a woman with what last name?
(a) Zepeta.
(b) Zonson.
(c) Zee.
(d) Zabel.

14. The chip Michael produces from his pocket in Chapter VI: The Law of Closure is stamped with what number?
(a) 60.
(b) 120.
(c) 90.
(d) 30.

15. What kinds of objects are thrown during a "Bataille des Fleurs" (155) event, according to Noah?
(a) Coins.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Beads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a tourist's job during a "Bataille des Fleurs," (155) according to Noah?

2. The reader is reminded in Chapter V: Neither Here Nor There that Noah will turn 80 on what day of the week while in France?

3. Noah says that in France, residents of hotels leave what item at the front desk when they go out?

4. In Chapter V: Neither Here nor There, Noah wonders whether Madame Dupont's daughter with what name is still living in Nice?

5. On what type of seat does Noah sit smoking while Michael is reclining atop the play structure in Chapter V: Neither Here nor There?

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