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

2. In what city is the novel 10:04 set?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York City.
(d) London.

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

4. Liza tells the author that he would save how many dollars by opting for local anesthesia?
(a) $150.
(b) $200.
(c) $300.
(d) $100.

5. Which museum do the unnamed narrator and Alex often visit together on weekday afternoons?
(a) The Smithsonian.
(b) MOMA.
(c) The Guggenheim.
(d) The Metropolitan Museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital that has "the immediate effect of making" the unnamed narrator "feel ungainly, gangly in [his] paper gown" (5)?

2. The author sets up an appointment to have what procedure performed?

3. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?

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

5. By narrative present, the unnamed narrator has been tutoring Roberto for how many months?

(see the answer key)

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