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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alex remarks at the museum that she is how old "and single" (7) in the narrative present?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 41.
(d) 36.

2. Just after a photograph of an astronaut is presented in Part One, the narrator says that "an unusually large cyclonic system with a warm core was approaching" (16) what location?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) The East coast.
(d) The West coast.

3. 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?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Joan of Arc.

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

5. In what way are Sharon and Jon, two of the unnamed narrator's friends, acquainted?
(a) They are siblings.
(b) They are colleagues.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are married.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which museum do the unnamed narrator and Alex often visit together on weekday afternoons?

3. In what year of college was Alex enrolled when she met the unnamed narrator?

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

5. In what state do Natali and Bernard live?

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