View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does the author encounter along his walk that makes him feel as if it is exists "at once in the present and in various pasts" (66)?
(a) A gaslight.
(b) A dog.
(c) A hay bale.
(d) A broom.

2. The author notices that Hannah has what color hair, as well as a silver nose ring?
(a) Light brown.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

3. What body of water do Liza and the author reach just before the author says he has decided to opt for local anesthesia?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A river.
(c) A bay.
(d) A lake.

4. The unnamed narrator tells the distinguished female author at dinner that which of his body fluids is "abnormal" (121)?
(a) Urine.
(b) Saliva.
(c) Blood.
(d) Semen.

5. How many years before narrative present did Noor's father die of a heart attack?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the unnamed narrator rises for his first full day in Marfa, he finds his face covered in what substance?

3. The unnamed narrator's residency house is located across the street from which poet's former home?

4. Liza is described by the author as having a tendency to "begin an activity" (62) by taking what action?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 263 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample