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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the first meeting of Hannah and the author, she explains what term to him that "he'd never heard" (68)?
(a) Apoplexy.
(b) Pareidolia.
(c) Mercurochrome.
(d) Synesthesia.

2. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator chose to use the name Liza to represent Alex due to what reason?
(a) It had been the name of her deceased little sister.
(b) It had been her mother's second choice for her name.
(c) It had been her father's second choice for her name.
(d) It had been the name of her beloved grandmother.

3. In what field does Alena's friend Peter work?
(a) Art.
(b) Literature.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Marketing.

4. When the unnamed narrator rises for his first full day in Marfa, he finds his face covered in what substance?
(a) Makeup.
(b) Blood.
(c) Paint.
(d) Flour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event had the narrator and his agent just celebrated with a fancy dinner in Chelsea?

2. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?

3. How many days after the author's medical procedure does he receive a phone call about his abnormal X-ray telling him to see a neurologist?

4. At which grocery store does Alex insist on meeting the unnamed narrator so that she can buy a special kind of tea?

5. In what year of college was Alex enrolled when she met the unnamed narrator?

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