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

2. What do Rose and Isaac ask Lucien to do when he calls Nathaniel after Nathaniel arrives in New York?
(a) Tell Nathaniel to go back home.
(b) Get Nathaniel a job.
(c) Find Nathaniel a place to live.
(d) Not tell Nathaniel that they asked Lucien to call.

3. From the story's context, when must Charlie have died?
(a) In the year 2003.
(b) In the year 2000.
(c) Before the year 2000.
(d) Shortly after the September 11th attack.

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

5. What does Nathaniel say history teaches us?
(a) If we do not study the past, we will inevitably repeat unhelpful patterns.
(b) Great people rise to prominence regardless of their circumstances.
(c) There are too many variables for humans to be effective at thinking ahead.
(d) Systems and institutions favor the powerful by their very nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the possible consequences of a global computer failure that Nathaniel mentions could be considered foreshadowing?

2. What does Nathaniel suggest that people might be desperate enough to burn in the wake of a global computer failure?

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

4. How are Nathaniel and Lucien related?

5. After Charlie became ill, what did Lucien feel was happening to the world?

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