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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what hospital does the unnamed narrator go at the beginning of Part Three?
(a) St. Christopher Hospital.
(b) El Camino Hospital.
(c) New-York Presbyterian Hospital.
(d) Kaiser-Permanente Hospital.

2. Which element of the physical world never gives the unnamed narrator a "little thrill" (107)?
(a) Built space.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The natural world.
(d) The sky.

3. At what point in the party does the unnamed narrator decide not to use what he believes is cocaine?
(a) After he has gone swimming.
(b) After he has had a few drinks.
(c) After he has already done a line.
(d) After he has decided to go swimming.

4. When the unnamed narrator attending the private showing of a particular artist's works, he says, "The works felt first and foremost like a" (179) what?
(a) Travesty.
(b) Breath of fresh air.
(c) Celebration.
(d) Memorial.

5. The distinguished female author tells the unnamed narrator that when she was in the first grade, she openly laughed when given the news that which person had died?
(a) Her teacher's son.
(b) Her teacher's daughter.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her teacher.

6. What is the name of the single book the unnamed narrator brings along with him for his residency in Texas?
(a) Specimen Days.
(b) Natural Days.
(c) Creosote Days.
(d) Evolution Days.

7. What action does the intern take at the party without seeming to realize he is doing it?
(a) Insults the host.
(b) Vomits on himself.
(c) Dives into the pool.
(d) Goes for a walk.

8. The unnamed narrator states in Part Three that he had been talking about his "performance anxiety with Jon and Sharon and Alena" (89) for how many weeks prior to his appointment to give a semen sample?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

9. Who pays the whole bill for everyone's dinner at Cochineal in Part Four?
(a) Monika.
(b) The unnamed narrator.
(c) Diane.
(d) The intern.

10. When the unnamed narrator rises for his first full day in Marfa, he finds his face covered in what substance?
(a) Flour.
(b) Makeup.
(c) Blood.
(d) Paint.

11. The unnamed narrator tells the distinguished female author that his next book will involve a woman lying about having which malady?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Multiple sclerosis.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Lupus.

12. The unnamed narrator states that "the most riveting and disturbing and particular passages" of his one book "are about" (166) which topic?
(a) The French-Indian War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Spanish-American War.

13. About what subject does the unnamed narrator pontificate when the intern begs him to speak aloud?
(a) The spawning of salmon.
(b) The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
(c) Pluto's demoted status.
(d) The qualities of the equator.

14. What task is the unnamed narrator supposed to be working on during the residency?
(a) Expanding his novel into a series.
(b) Expanding his book of poetry into a novel.
(c) Expanding his short story into a novel.
(d) Collapsing his novel into a short story.

15. Alex tells the unnamed narrator to remember that he had felt responsible for his mother's diagnosis of what malady?
(a) Shingles.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what type of establishment does the unnamed narrator buy his groceries throughout his residency in Texas?

2. Noor tells the unnamed narrator that her late father had shared a "strong sense" of what kind of "identity" (99) with her?

3. Looking at what sight always gives the unnamed narrator a "small thrill" (107)?

4. How many hours does it take for Michael to drive the unnamed narrator from the airport to his residency house?

5. What is the only element of the physical world that gives the unnamed narrator a feeling of excitement?

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