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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 Lucien end up saying to his assistant on page 8 when he wants to give her a piece of advice?
(a) "Don't believe everything you hear."
(b) "Don't feel sad."
(c) "Don't bother about the phones."
(d) "Don't worry."

2. How are Nathaniel and Lucien related?
(a) Nathaniel is Lucien's brother's son.
(b) Nathaniel is Lucien's nephew by marriage.
(c) Nathaniel is Lucian's son-in-law.
(d) Nathaniel is Lucian's cousin's son.

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

4. Besides their minimal rent, what task are Nathaniel and his roommates performing in exchange for a place to live?
(a) They are repainting the loft.
(b) They take care of Matsumoto's cats.
(c) They collect the rent from Matsumoto's other tenants.
(d) They sort through and forward Matsumoto's mail.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Russell's business relationship to Amity?

2. When Lucien is in the gallery imagining that he is with Charlie, what does he promise her?

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

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

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

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