Things We Didn’t See Coming - Introduction/Context

Where was Steven Amsterdam born?

• New York City

• Melbourne, Australia

• Chicago

• Bronx Science high school

When was Things We Didn’t See Coming published?

• 2000

• 2003

• 2009

• 2019

What is the genre of Things We Didn’t See Coming?

• Novel

• Speculative Fiction

• Poetry

• Drama

What is the setting of the novel?

• A city

• A flooding cabin

• A desert

• All of the above

Who is the antagonist in the novel?

• Margo

• Jeph

• Juliet

• All of the above

What is the point of view in the novel?

• First Person

• Third Person

• Second Person

• Omniscient

What is the historical context of the novel?

• Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918

• Escalating political tensions between U.S. rural and urban populations

• Y2K scare

• All of the above

What is the climax of the novel?

• The narrator reunites with his off-the-grid father

• The narrator copes with another bout of cancer

• The narrator's grandparents go on a stealing spree

• The narrator's girlfriend breaks up with him

What is the occupation of the narrator's father in the novel?

• Pastry chef

• Map editor

• Producer’s assistant

• Off-the-grid survivalist

What award was Things We Didn’t See Coming nominated for?

• The Guardian First Book award

• The Pulitzer Prize

• The Nobel Prize in Literature

• The Booker Prize