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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Quinn do while he waits to meet Peter Stillman the first time?
(a) He eats a sandwich.
(b) He drinks a beer.
(c) He reads a book.
(d) He smokes a cirgarette.

2. What is unusual about Peter?
(a) He is a talented musician who plays with his feet.
(b) He is rich but acts as if he is poor.
(c) He is extremely intellegent but lacks common sense.
(d) He has the disposition and skill set of a child.

3. What is Virginia Stillman's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Speech therapist.
(c) Chemist.
(d) English teacher.

4. At what time does the mystery caller call Quinn at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Three in the afternoon.
(c) 10 in the morning.
(d) 11 at night.

5. What was the title of the pamphlet Henry Dark published before his death?
(a) People of God.
(b) The Great Tower.
(c) The New Babel.
(d) Adam and Eve Forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Henry Dark born?

2. What year did Henry Dark emigrate to America?

3. Who is Max Work?

4. What is the first thing Quinn writes of in his notebook?

5. What was the name of Peter's nurse as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the year 1960 important in City of Glass?

2. What is Quinn's reaction to losing track of Stillman at the end of Chapter 10?

3. What does Virginia Stillman look like?

4. What was Henry Dark's version of paradise?

5. Why does Quinn throw his clothes down the air shaft at the Stillman apartment?

6. Why does Quinn feel emotional pain when he sees the picture of New England at the train station?

7. What lies does Peter Stillman tell Quinn when they speak in Chapter 2?

8. Why is Quinn well informed on the topic of wild children and isolation?

9. Who was John Milton?

10. Why is Peter Stillman's mother not present in City of Glass?

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