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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. At which grocery store does Alex insist on meeting the unnamed narrator so that she can buy a special kind of tea?
(a) Whole Foods.
(b) Alpha Beta.
(c) Kroger.
(d) Von's.

2. The epigraph of the novel 10:04 cites a story by which group of people?
(a) The Sikhs.
(b) The shamans.
(c) The Hassidim.
(d) The Turks.

3. The author states that in what month, his walks with Liza are dominated by conversation about methods of sedation?
(a) December.
(b) April.
(c) October.
(d) September.

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

5. "The author" (54) inhabits what role in the short story entitled "The Golden Vanity" that acts as the entirety of Part Two of 10:04?
(a) Voice of reason.
(b) Fool.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Antagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the light is described in what way?

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

3. Liza tells the author that he would save how many dollars by opting for local anesthesia?

4. Part Two: The Golden Vanity is an excerpt of which character's fictional writing?

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

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