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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator must leave in the middle of Noor's story one day during their shift to check if which item is in stock?
(a) Prunes.
(b) Figs.
(c) Dried mangoes.
(d) Artichokes.

2. What percentage of the unnamed narrator's bill at the hospital in Part Three is covered by his insurance?
(a) 70.
(b) 20.
(c) 0.
(d) 50.

3. When the unnamed narrator attends a party in Part Four, he finds that the guests in the kitchen are different from the other guests in what way?
(a) They are novelists.
(b) They are poets.
(c) They are older.
(d) They are younger.

4. How many "substantial lines" does the intern do "in quick succession" (185) in an attempt to impress the unnamed narrator at the party?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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?
(a) Her teacher's daughter.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her teacher.
(d) Her teacher's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country did Roberto originally hail?

2. Alex remarks at the museum that she is how old "and single" (7) in the narrative present?

3. The unnamed narrator recalls the day Alex told him during a walk on Atlantic that which member of her family "had been diagnosed in a late stage" (7)?

4. At what point in the party does the unnamed narrator decide not to use what he believes is cocaine?

5. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Josh in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?

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