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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day the unnamed narrator ventures out to the Marfa Book Company, he has "gone more than" how many "weeks without really speaking to anyone" (175)?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

2. How many images in total are presented within Part One of 10:04?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

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

4. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?
(a) A technical school.
(b) A private high school.
(c) A college.
(d) A charter school.

5. For whom is the author waiting at the start of Part Two: The Golden Vanity, which is composed of a short story written by the fictional unnamed narrator?
(a) An attorney.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A librarian.
(d) A student.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the unnamed narrator and the distinguished female author hit it off at the literary dinner, what dessert do they share?

2. "The distinguished female author" (119) sitting across from the unnamed narrator at the literary dinner compliments him on what?

3. Just after a photograph of an astronaut is presented in Part One, the narrator says that "an unusually large cyclonic system with a warm core was approaching" (16) what location?

4. In Part Four, the unnamed narrator begins a writers' residency in which Texas city?

5. What percentage of the unnamed narrator's bill at the hospital in Part Three is covered by his insurance?

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