Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Prologue-“Multiverses: A Quantum History”

Reading Check

1. Who is Charlie?

2. What does irie mean?

3. What’s the name of the record store in which Natasha and Daniel meet?

4. What does Natasha initially call Daniel?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. When did Charlie start hating Daniel?

2. What does Daniel’s mom ask him to take to his father at the store?

3. What does the conductor share with all the passengers on the train?

4. How does Daniel save Natasha?

Paired Resource

“Why the Children of Immigrants Are the Ones Getting Ahead in America”

• This article from Time Magazine attributes the success of children of immigrants to the work ethic they see from their parents.
• This resource connects to the theme of The Precarity of the American Dream.
• What enables the children of immigrants to advance in America? Why are Daniel’s parents so disappointed with Charlie? How does their reaction reveal their fear of The Precarity of the American Dream?

“Daniel”-“The Waitress: A History of Love”

Reading Check

1. How much time does Natasha give Daniel to make her fall in love with him?

2.