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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country did Roberto originally hail?
(a) Cuba.
(b) San Salvador.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Peru.

2. By narrative present, the unnamed narrator has been tutoring Roberto for how many months?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

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

5. What is the name of the unnamed narrator's friend who teaches third grade at a "dual-language school in Sunset Park" (10)?
(a) Alex.
(b) Roberto.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Aaron.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. The unnamed narrator and Alex are looking at a painting of which historical figure when she asks him to provide the sperm for her child?

3. The unnamed narrator brings a book by which poet to the Mt. Sinai Hospital when he visits Bernard in Part One?

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

5. How old is the third-grader named Roberto?

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