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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Farewell" through "Waiting".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the phrase "when the sky fell" refer to, on page 30?
(a) The September 11th attack on the World Trade Center.
(b) The bombing of Baghdad at the beginning of the Iraq War.
(c) The death of Nathaniel's Aunt Charlie.
(d) The day that Nathaniel found out that Matsumoto was returning to New York.

2. What is Russell's business relationship to Amity?
(a) He works with her at the stock exchange.
(b) He is an employee of her P.R. firm.
(c) He is her book agent.
(d) He is her lawyer.

3. Where did Nathaniel meet Madison, Amity, and Lyle?
(a) At a bar near Matsumoto's loft.
(b) In high school.
(c) At his first job in New York.
(d) In college.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Passivityman's girlfriend's name?

2. What is implied by the phrasing when the narrator says that Delphine "let Nathaniel come over to her apartment and play her favorite CDs" (30)?

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

4. Why is Lyle sad all of the time?

5. What is Nathaniel's job in the narrative present?

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