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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who pays the whole bill for everyone's dinner at Cochineal in Part Four?
(a) Monika.
(b) The intern.
(c) Diane.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

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

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

4. The author worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?
(a) Indulging his desire for comfort.
(b) Inducing amnesia.
(c) Going to sleep.
(d) Taking a drug.

5. To whose apartment does the unnamed narrator go after he leaves the literary dinner in Part Three?
(a) Alex.
(b) Jon.
(c) Alena.
(d) Sharon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How many people in total have drinks together on the occasion when the author and Hannah first meet?

4. What three words of advice does the distinguished female author give to the unnamed narrator after they hug their goodbyes?

5. From what type of establishment does the unnamed narrator buy his groceries throughout his residency in Texas?

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