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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what field does Alena's friend Peter work?
(a) Art.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Marketing.
(d) Literature.

2. The author worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?
(a) Inducing amnesia.
(b) Indulging his desire for comfort.
(c) Going to sleep.
(d) Taking a drug.

3. The author sets up an appointment to have what procedure performed?
(a) Gallbladder removal.
(b) Appendectomy.
(c) Tonsil removal.
(d) Wisdom tooth removal.

4. In what type of establishment is the author waiting for someone at the beginning of Part Two: The Golden Vanity?
(a) An auto body shop.
(b) A taxidermy shop.
(c) A library.
(d) A coffee shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Liz tells the author that he will "do the twilight-sedation thing because" (64) he is a what?

2. Alex and the unnamed narrator first met in college in a class about what topic?

3. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Hannah in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?

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

5. How do Alena and Peter react to the unnamed narrator's response to the art in Alena's apartment?

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