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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Golden Vanity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?
(a) 33.
(b) 42.
(c) 27.
(d) 38.

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) The East coast.
(b) New York City.
(c) The West coast.
(d) Boston.

3. Roberto expresses a fear to the unnamed narrator about which person in his dreams coming to get him?
(a) The Tooth Fairy.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Polpot.
(d) Joseph Kony.

4. In what type of establishment is the author waiting for someone at the beginning of Part Two: The Golden Vanity?
(a) A taxidermy shop.
(b) An auto body shop.
(c) A library.
(d) A coffee shop.

5. How many hours in advance of the author's medical appointment must he call to choose a method of sedation?
(a) 72.
(b) 24.
(c) 48.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Mary in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?

3. Alex remarks at the museum that she is how old "and single" (7) in the narrative present?

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

5. The scene at the bar in Part Two: The Golden Vanity transitions to a scene in which the author appears to speak with which character?

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