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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Alex and the unnamed narrator make it to Alex's apartment, they hear through what medium that "the storm would make landfall around 4:00 a.m." (20)?
(a) Podcast.
(b) Television.
(c) Radio.
(d) Newspaper.

2. What food from the fancy dinner in Chelsea does the narrator refer to again and again?
(a) Shark.
(b) Octopus.
(c) Tuna.
(d) Eel.

3. Liz tells the author that he will "do the twilight-sedation thing because" (64) he is a what?
(a) A trainwreck.
(b) A weakling.
(c) A loser.
(d) A scaredy cat.

4. The unnamed narrator recalls his class writing letters to which historical figure when he was 7 years old at Randolph Elementary School?
(a) Baby Jessica.
(b) Christa McAuliffe.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Evel Knievel.

5. Liza is described by the author as having a tendency to "begin an activity" (62) by taking what action?
(a) Enlisting others to help.
(b) Claiming that she would have no part in it.
(c) Listing its dangers.
(d) Listing its pros and cons.

6. At what location does the author always meet Liza to begin their walks?
(a) The east side of the Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) Grand Army Plaza.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Prospect Park.

7. During the first meeting of Hannah and the author, she explains what term to him that "he'd never heard" (68)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Apoplexy.
(c) Mercurochrome.
(d) Pareidolia.

8. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?
(a) The spine.
(b) The liver.
(c) The kidney.
(d) The heart.

9. The unnamed narrator recalls the day Alex told him during a walk on Atlantic that which member of her family "had been diagnosed in a late stage" (7)?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

10. How many hours in advance of the author's medical appointment must he call to choose a method of sedation?
(a) 24.
(b) 72.
(c) 48.
(d) 36.

11. The scene at the bar in Part Two: The Golden Vanity transitions to a scene in which the author appears to speak with which character?
(a) Dr. Roberts.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Mary.
(d) Liza.

12. 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 poem.
(b) An image.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A chart.

13. Roberto expresses a fear to the unnamed narrator about which person in his dreams coming to get him?
(a) The Tooth Fairy.
(b) Polpot.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Joseph Kony.

14. The morning of the author's planned blind date with Hannah, he calls which character to ask for company on the day of his medical procedure?
(a) Mary.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Liza.
(d) Josh.

15. The unnamed narrator brings a book by which poet to the Mt. Sinai Hospital when he visits Bernard in Part One?
(a) Strand.
(b) Cummings.
(c) Stevens.
(d) Bronk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital that has "the immediate effect of making" the unnamed narrator "feel ungainly, gangly in [his] paper gown" (5)?

2. Which creature is the focus of the book the unnamed narrator and Roberto plan to write together?

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

4. Of how many square feet is the author's third floor apartment composed?

5. The unnamed narrator remarks that the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital had "been designed for" (5) whom?

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