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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator brings a book by which poet to the Mt. Sinai Hospital when he visits Bernard in Part One?
(a) Bronk.
(b) Stevens.
(c) Cummings.
(d) Strand.

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

3. Which creature is the focus of the book the unnamed narrator and Roberto plan to write together?
(a) The Loch Ness monster.
(b) The brontosaurus.
(c) The Yeti.
(d) The unicorn.

4. 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)?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Radio.
(c) Podcast.
(d) Television.

5. When the novel opens, the unnamed narrator is walking along with which character?
(a) His agent.
(b) His sister.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way are Sharon and Jon, two of the unnamed narrator's friends, acquainted?

2. By narrative present, the unnamed narrator has been tutoring Roberto for how many months?

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

4. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?

5. Roberto tells the unnamed narrator that he has a recurring dream about what future event?

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