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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator begin to panic as the morning waxes?
(a) He completely lost track of time and has missed his train.
(b) He has not planned to end the night alone, and does not want to go into the sunlight.
(c) He has lost his wife in the melee and cannot find her.
(d) He has lost his credit card and thinks it was stolen.

2. What does the narrator purchase on his lunch break?
(a) A scarf from a street vendor.
(b) A diamond ring from Tiffany's.
(c) A Cartier watch.
(d) Some cocaine on the street corner.

3. After what duration of time did the narrator and Amanda move in together?
(a) One year.
(b) One day.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

4. Who has left a message for him inside the apartment?
(a) Tad Allagash.
(b) His father.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Michael.

5. Why does the narrator dislike going home?
(a) He lives with his nagging mother.
(b) He lives with an unruly roommate.
(c) His apartment is haunted with thoughts of his ex-wife.
(d) His apartment is a slum and infested with cockroaches.

6. Where do Tad and the narrator go to party?
(a) Odeon.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) The Smith.
(d) Dubai.

7. How did Amanda end her relationship with the narrator?
(a) A dinner in New York.
(b) A letter from Milan.
(c) An email.
(d) A phone call from Paris.

8. How do the narrator's coworkers react after his deadline is changed?
(a) They are ecstatic and want to see him fired.
(b) They are horrified and boycott the company.
(c) They are angry and shun him.
(d) They are sympathetic and want to help him.

9. What does the homeless person do on the narrator's train ride to work?
(a) The homeless man accosts the narrator.
(b) The homeless man steals the narrator's cocaine.
(c) The homeless man steals the New York Post.
(d) The homeless man sits on an old lady.

10. What was the narrator's most significant contact with The Druid?
(a) The Druid's unexpected presence at the narrator's wedding.
(b) The day the Druid sat on an old lady in the subway.
(c) The day the Druid caught the narrator snorting coke in the bathroom.
(d) The Druid's concern over the President's usage of the word "precipitous."

11. What article is the narrator currently working on?
(a) A piece about environmental safety.
(b) A piece about ducks.
(c) A piece about aids in Africa.
(d) A piece about the French elections.

12. How many martinis has Alex had during the course of lunch?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

13. On the way to work, what poster does the narrator see?
(a) A Missing Person poster.
(b) A kids' show poster.
(c) A concert poster.
(d) A Wanted poster.

14. Who has the narrator told about his split with Amanda?
(a) Only Megan Avery.
(b) Only his mother.
(c) Only his father.
(d) Only Tad Allagash.

15. How does the narrator feel about his childhood?
(a) He felt loved and treasured, easily making friends.
(b) He felt he was always on the outside looking in.
(c) He feels he had a very normal, average childhood.
(d) He is not really affected by his past one way or the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinction does the narrator make between disasters in the city and in the rest of the country?

2. Who is the narrator's direct supervisor?

3. Why do the narrator and Vicky miss their connection with Tad?

4. What two feelings is the narrator torn between when he discovers his proofs are gone?

5. What happens to the narrator's deadline on the French piece?

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