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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many months before the agent and the narrator's fancy dinner in Chelsea did the agent tell him she thought he could 'get a strong six-figure' advance based on a story" (3) he had written for the New Yorker?
(a) Two.
(b) 12.
(c) Many.
(d) A few.

2. In what year of college was the unnamed narrator enrolled when he met Alex?
(a) Senior.
(b) Junior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Sophomore.

3. The unnamed narrator recalls the day Alex told him during a walk on Atlantic that which member of her family "had been diagnosed in a late stage" (7)?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her aunt.

4. Alex and the unnamed narrator first met in college in a class about what topic?
(a) Great novels.
(b) Dance.
(c) Geology.
(d) Music.

5. In what state do Natali and Bernard live?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator recalls that the poet Wallace Stevens had inspired how many of Bernard's favorite poets, including Bronk?

2. Which creature is the focus of the book the unnamed narrator and Roberto plan to write together?

3. Once Alex and the unnamed narrator make it to Alex's apartment, they hear through what medium that "the storm would make landfall around 4:00 a.m." (20)?

4. When the novel opens, the unnamed narrator is walking along with which character?

5. What food from the fancy dinner in Chelsea does the narrator refer to again and again?

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