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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take the walker and his friends to set up the cable the night before his stunt at the World Trade Center towers?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 6 hours.

2. Sam says in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest" that he's been hanging out at the institute since he was how old?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

3. In what area of New York are Sam and his fellow programmers calling in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) The Upper West Side.
(b) Wall Street.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) The Upper East Side.

4. At what time does the walker begin his tightrope cross in the Prologue?
(a) 8:15 a.m.
(b) 7:15 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 7:47 a.m.

5. How frequently does the narrator's father send checks to his mother after leaving the family in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once every two weeks.
(d) Once every two months.

6. For how long does the narrator say Gareth has been programming in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

7. In what year does Lara describe moving with Blaine to upstate New York in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1975.

8. How much money did Claire send to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s church in Atlanta after he was shot?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $550.

9. How old is Blaine when the car accident occurs?
(a) 36.
(b) 28.
(c) 32.
(d) 19.

10. Who among the programmers served two tours in Vietnam in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) Compton.
(b) Gareth.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Sam.

11. Where does Compton tell the person on the payphone that he is calling from in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Palo Alto, California.
(c) The Upper East Side.
(d) Oxford, Mississippi.

12. Where does Fernando work for his stepfather?
(a) At a barber shop.
(b) At a cemetery.
(c) At a butcher shop.
(d) At a bookstore.

13. Where did the narrator of Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here" grow up?
(a) Southern Missouri.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Dublin, Ireland .
(d) Los Angeles, California.

14. What is Claire Soderberg's husband's name?
(a) Blaine.
(b) James.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Andrew.

15. What profession does the narrator of Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here" say his father held?
(a) He was a barber.
(b) He was a banker.
(c) He was a physicist.
(d) He was a butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corrigan lock himself onto on every anniversary of Hiroshima, according to the narrator in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

2. What does the narrator describe as Corrigan's central theme in life in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

3. How many years of training has the walker had as he trains in the meadow?

4. Where does Fernando live?

5. Who are described as the New York artists that had made a killing from going "back to the forties, living the lifestyle and the clothes" in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?

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