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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author did the narrator, in his first days at the company, give advice about his award-winning prose?
(a) John Donlevy.
(b) Amanda Sykes.
(c) Marianne Miller.
(d) Steven Paul.

2. What heath ailment does Wade knowingly joke about with the narrator?
(a) The narrator's strep throat.
(b) The narrator's influenza.
(c) The narrator's sinus infection.
(d) The narrator's ear infection.

3. What item seen in the window of an antique shop does Vicky want in her house someday?
(a) A pool table.
(b) A painted wooden carousel horse.
(c) An antique roll top writing desk.
(d) A big screen TV.

4. What kind of guy does the narrator see himself as?
(a) The kind of guy who enjoys facts and spurns fiction.
(b) The kind of guy who runs marathons for fun.
(c) The kind of guy who is the life of the party.
(d) The kind of guy who appreciates a night a home with a good book.

5. Of what object do the girls' eyes remind the narrator?
(a) A Jeep Cherokee in the junkyard.
(b) A bruised apple.
(c) A shiny piece of aluminum.
(d) A sandblasted shower door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is the narrator depressed about his current situation?

2. When did the narrator propose to Amanda?

3. How does the narrator get the girl to dance with him longer after she's said she is tired?

4. What does the narrator see in the window of Saks?

5. What sports faux pas does the narrator commit at the Irish bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrator's love of fiction detrimental to his development as an adult?

2. Are Vicky and the narrator truly fond of Tad?

3. How does the narrator feel after his date with Vicky?

4. What point of view does the author write in, and how is it distinguished?

5. Why does Tad Allagash continually make up of stories of Amanda's death?

6. How are the narrator and Amanda using each other for escape?

7. Why does the narrator seem surprised by his situation?

8. What began Clara Tillinghast's dislike of the narrator?

9. Why does the narrator strike up a conversation with Marianne, the archivist?

10. What is the significance of the last three images in the chapter: the Colgate sign, the Statue of Liberty, and the garbage barge?

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