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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. 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) Radio.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Podcast.
(d) Television.

2. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?
(a) The liver.
(b) The spine.
(c) The heart.
(d) The kidney.

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

4. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator chose to use the name Liza to represent Alex due to what reason?
(a) It had been her father's second choice for her name.
(b) It had been her mother's second choice for her name.
(c) It had been the name of her deceased little sister.
(d) It had been the name of her beloved grandmother.

5. 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) Van Gogh.
(c) Joan of Arc.
(d) Napoleon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after the author's medical procedure does he receive a phone call about his abnormal X-ray telling him to see a neurologist?

2. For whom is the author waiting at the start of Part Two: The Golden Vanity, which is composed of a short story written by the fictional unnamed narrator?

3. At which grocery store does Alex insist on meeting the unnamed narrator so that she can buy a special kind of tea?

4. How many hours in advance of the author's medical appointment must he call to choose a method of sedation?

5. The unnamed narrator receives an email from Natali saying that her husband had hurt what part of his body in a fall?

(see the answer key)

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