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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did the tragedy discussed by the unnamed narrator at the literary event occur?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1980.

3. When the unnamed narrator attending the private showing of a particular artist's works, he says, "The works felt first and foremost like a" (179) what?
(a) Memorial.
(b) Breath of fresh air.
(c) Celebration.
(d) Travesty.

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

5. One morning, the unnamed narrator wakes up to find that what noisy activity is going on nearby?
(a) Yard work.
(b) Pressure washing.
(c) Roof work.
(d) Street hockey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many minutes of the unnamed narrator's shift at the co-op passes during Noor's story?

2. Noor tells the unnamed narrator that her late father had shared a "strong sense" of what kind of "identity" (99) with her?

3. What body of water do Liza and the author reach just before the author says he has decided to opt for local anesthesia?

4. How many years before narrative present did Noor's father die of a heart attack?

5. The distinguished female author tells the unnamed narrator that when she was in the first grade, she openly laughed when given the news that which person had died?

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