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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the unnamed narrator react to holding pieces of a sculpture?
(a) He is silent.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He is disgusted.
(d) He cries.

2. What is the only element of the physical world that gives the unnamed narrator a feeling of excitement?
(a) The sky.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Built space.
(d) The natural world.

3. In Part Four, the unnamed narrator begins a writers' residency in which Texas city?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Austin.
(d) Marfa.

4. At the end of Part Four, the unnamed narrator finally figures out that the man who had greeted him at the bookstore has what name?
(a) Norman.
(b) Paul.
(c) Charles.
(d) Jeff.

5. From what type of establishment does the unnamed narrator buy his groceries throughout his residency in Texas?
(a) An organic grocery store.
(b) A gas station.
(c) A farmers' market.
(d) A supermarket.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what location does the author always meet Liza to begin their walks?

2. From what country did Roberto originally hail?

3. Which creature is the focus of the book the unnamed narrator and Roberto plan to write together?

4. What is revealed to be the truth about Doctor Roberts's request for the author to see a neurologist?

5. To what location is the unnamed narrator referring when he has the distinguished female author in hysterical laughter over the "masturbatorium" (125)?

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