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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Nathaniel Recalls the Miracle" through "Home.".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nathaniel suggest that people might be desperate enough to burn in the wake of a global computer failure?
(a) Their children's elementary school artwork.
(b) Their old issues of the New York Review.
(c) Stacks of money.
(d) Their designer clothing and shoes.

2. What does Isaac do for a living?
(a) He makes vacuum cleaners.
(b) He repairs cars.
(c) He is a rabbi.
(d) He owns a deli.

3. After Charlie became ill, what did Lucien feel was happening to the world?
(a) It was all turning into paper.
(b) It was shattering like broken glass.
(c) It was melting away into nothing.
(d) It was burning down around him.

4. Of all of the things that Nathaniel can see from Matsumoto's loft, which is most important to him?
(a) The World Trade Center.
(b) The Chrysler Building.
(c) The Statue of Liberty.
(d) The Empire State Building.

5. To whom does Nathaniel imagine telling the story of the Y2K computer issue?
(a) His readers.
(b) A historian.
(c) His children.
(d) His grandchildren.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character works for Itami Systems?

2. Where did Nathaniel live before he moved to New York?

3. What made tears come into Nathaniel's eyes the first time he saw Matsumoto's loft?

4. Besides their minimal rent, what task are Nathaniel and his roommates performing in exchange for a place to live?

5. What does Lucien end up saying to his assistant on page 8 when he wants to give her a piece of advice?

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