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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?
(a) The kidney.
(b) The spine.
(c) The heart.
(d) The liver.

2. Noor tells the unnamed narrator that her late father had shared a "strong sense" of what kind of "identity" (99) with her?
(a) Cuban.
(b) Lebanese.
(c) Iranian.
(d) Chilean.

3. What does the unnamed narrator describe in his comments at Columbia's School of Arts as the "shadow language to Reagan's official narrative processing of the national tragedy" (114)?
(a) Challenger jokes.
(b) Oklahoma City bombing jokes.
(c) Iran Contra jokes.
(d) My Lai jokes.

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

5. What percentage of the unnamed narrator's bill at the hospital in Part Three is covered by his insurance?
(a) 70.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year of college was the unnamed narrator enrolled when he met Alex?

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

3. What is NOT a year named within the author's mention of "various pasts" (66) being connected by a single object?

4. Part Two: The Golden Vanity is an excerpt of which character's fictional writing?

5. How many minutes of the unnamed narrator's shift at the co-op passes during Noor's story?

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