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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what type of establishment does the unnamed narrator buy his groceries throughout his residency in Texas?
(a) A farmers' market.
(b) A supermarket.
(c) A gas station.
(d) An organic grocery store.

2. How many lines of what turns out to be ketamine does the unnamed narrator do at the party in Part Four?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

3. 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) Wintry.
(b) Cloying.
(c) Summery.
(d) Thick.

4. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?
(a) A college.
(b) A technical school.
(c) A private high school.
(d) A charter school.

5. How many hours does it take for Michael to drive the unnamed narrator from the airport to his residency house?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. The author worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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