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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Golden Vanity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just after a photograph of an astronaut is presented in Part One, the narrator says that "an unusually large cyclonic system with a warm core was approaching" (16) what location?
(a) The East coast.
(b) Boston.
(c) The West coast.
(d) New York City.

2. When the scene of the first meeting of Hannah and the author comes to an end, what is included just prior to the page break?
(a) A chart.
(b) A poem.
(c) An image.
(d) A newspaper article.

3. When the author reaches the bar in Dumbo, what is hanging outside the bar in lieu of a sign?
(a) A set of prayer flags.
(b) An exposed light bulb.
(c) A barber pole.
(d) A noose.

4. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the heat is described in what way?
(a) Cloying.
(b) Wintry.
(c) Summery.
(d) Thick.

5. On what day of the week is the author scheduled to have a medical procedure done?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roberto expresses a fear to the unnamed narrator about which person in his dreams coming to get him?

2. What is the name of the unnamed narrator's friend who teaches third grade at a "dual-language school in Sunset Park" (10)?

3. In what way are Sharon and Jon, two of the unnamed narrator's friends, acquainted?

4. What is revealed to be the truth about Doctor Roberts's request for the author to see a neurologist?

5. What object does the author encounter along his walk that makes him feel as if it is exists "at once in the present and in various pasts" (66)?

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